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Hi all, I think I might be slightly lactose intolerant. Is there an all day version of Lactaid? Like a slow release pill? Something I wouldn't have to eat with every meal lol. I want to give it a try and see if my symptoms improve

so recently i had the pleasure of going to italy without my lactaid pills. i couldn't not eat dairy while i was there so i hit up a local pharmacy and asked for their local lactase pills and dear lord it worked SO WELL. I would take a single pill the size of an average advil pill (it was also sugar coated) and could eat pizza and gelato afterwards over the period of something like 2 hours. I had some left over after the trip and used it in the US and it worked so incredibly well. Now I'm back to lactaid (fast act) and it really isn't the same. I was wondering if other people have experienced something like this and ended up finding a better lactase formulation in America or am I going to have to somehow find a way to order lactase pills from italy...

Been having stomach issues since mid July from antibiotics. Pretty sure it’s given me food sensitivities I’ve never had before, like lactose intolerance. Bad reaction to milk with oatmeal, ice cream etc. The only dairy items I’ve been eating occasionally since are greek yogurt, some aged cheese or cheese that says lactose free (which I know isn’t 100% true but I don’t eat it a lot) and small amounts of butter. Honestly there’s been no difference in my stomach problems when I eat dairy vs when I don’t so idk if I’m actually lactose intolerant or have other underlying issues as well. Currently seeing a doctor for that

Anyway the point of this post was that I really really want to try dairy again, like normal cheese on a pizza or ice cream. I was thinking about getting Lactaid to see if it works and if I’m actually lactose intolerant. However from what I’m reading about Lactaid, it really doesn’t do much for a lot of people (the pills or the tablets) and you have to take multiple pills or tablets while eating dairy for it to work and sometimes it doesn’t even work. Can anyone recommend alternatives to Lactaid that aren’t terribly expensive? Or should I just buy Lactaid and start with that and see if it works? Any advice would be appreciated thank you.

Edit: I don’t plan on eating dairy all the time. Just once in a while as a treat, if that makes a difference.

Hey Humans!

My partner (25 F) was diagnosed with Crohn’s last week during a 4-day hospital stay and an abdominal abscess, what a fun way to start the holidays. She’s slowly been advancing her diet, but tomorrow her family’s throwing their traditional Italian seven fishes dinner to kick off Christmas Eve. She’s heartbroken over as lactose is a known trigger, even before we knew of the Crohn’s in her gut, and just about everything in the meal is cooked with some form of dairy. She looks forward to this meal all year, and not being able to take part is just the icing on the cake after the past few weeks she’s had.

Long story short, I was curious if anyone has had success taking lactaid (or other similar enzymes) to help ease symptoms associated with lactose? Any advice would be so appreciated!!

Lactose intolerance gives me insane abdomen pain, but I would like to try lactaid to eat some chocolate.

My problem is I am still afraid it will be painful. Is it acceptable to try two pills right away for some chocolate candy?

Or is there a better strategy? I have heard lactaid not working for some people, which scares me.

as title says, one of my boxes of lactase pills, the pills have some sort of bread/grain smell to them that the others don't really have. all of them are well before their expiration, but they are certainly not new either. anyone else experience this? is this not normal?

I’ve been confused for a long time about this. If I have milk, pretty much any at all, it makes me sick. I’ll feel nauseous quite soon after eating it.

If I have lactose free milk, it doesn’t seem to affect me nearly as badly. I seem to only get sick if I have a lot or if I have it every day.

Why is this? When I look it up, everything seems to say that either lactose free milk will work, or you are actually allergic to milk. But, it doesn’t make sense if I’m allergic. Milk has never shown up on any blood or skin tests, milk doesn’t cause anything except stomach distress and nausea, and lactose free milk still helps, but not “all the way”. That doesn’t sound like an allergy to me.

Has anyone ever tried taking lactase pills and fibre supplements at the same time? Generally, you're supposed to take oral medications 2 hours before or after a fibre supplement, however, given that you're supposed to take fibre supplements with your food, this isn't possible for a lactose intolerant person trying to take the enzyme with a meal.

I haven't been able to find anything on whether or not the fibre would affect the enzyme's working. Has anyone tried doing it/know anything on it?

I just took some Lactaid pills without reading the reviews. I took two and then read them and people were saying they made them violently throw up. I’m terrified of throwing up. Has anyone else experienced this? I didn’t end up eating the icecream I was going to have cause I was too scared. I hate this so much.

Baby gets green poops when I have dairy so I’ve cut it out. My husband bought some Lactaid brand egg nog and I drank it before noticing the first ingredient is milk. I know lactose intolerance is different than milk protein intolerance, but am wondering if the Lactaid egg nog would be ok to drink? (Also it was delicious so I really want a second glass!)

i missed the whole class lmfao

No thanks to any doctors or gastros, figured out on my own last week that three years of digestive hell and snowballing deficiencies is merely due to lactose intolerance. Trying to get my life back together on my own now that my ineffective PCP has ghosted me.

I've taken up Lactaid Fast Act which has resolved much of the daily horrors like flipping a light switch - except for the gas. 9000 units/pill has me passing enormous wind within 1-2 hours, every 10-15 minutes, for the next 8-12 hours.

From reviewing other posts, I've seen the following solutions suggested:

• Take a simethicone pill with each Lactaid dose. More detail?
• Use Digestive Advantage Daily Probiotic + Lactase Support instead. Appears to have gas-handling characteristics built-in, but only 3000 units of lactase per pill - is that enough?

Who uses which solution, and how well does it help with lactase gas?

Any other product or technique recommendations for dialing back the post-lactase vapors besides these?

Thank you for the advice!

Recently discovered I can’t tolerate regular cows milk even when baked or cooked in something else. Lactaid or other loctose free milk seems to work out great for me so far. I know all the websites say I can substitute with no adjustments, but it tastes quite a bit sweeter to me than regular milk so I’m wondering if others reduce sugar or not when baking with lactaid?

like almost to the point of tears

does anyone know of anything I can do? does throwing up help, i can't think of anything else that could possibly help

edit: just threw up, and i feel so much better

Does lactaid help a lot?? My moms friend made Flan and I really want to eat it but it’s literally 100% milk. Please.

I’m not lactose intolerant but my little brother is. So one day my mother checked out that milk and we both realized that, “holy shit, this milk taste pretty damn good”.

Before I never drank milk unless it was that typical Nesquik chocolate milk.

I always thought of milk to be weird water since at the time I didn’t taste anything.

But there is a flavor to milk and that flavor is: milk!

I don’t know if anyone else who isn’t lactose intolerant agrees but holy hell Lactaid’s milk good.

I’m not a furry but I could get down on that blue cow’s udders man.

I could real down.

Now for as long as I can remember, (so basically the past couple of months), I’ve made it a habit to drink a few cups of milk a day especially before I head to bed.

And to make it even better, it’s more hydrating than water!

I literally feel ten times more hydrating off of a the first couple of hits, (water still hits good sometimes though).

I don’t know if people here enjoy warm plain milk best before bed but my go to will always be a cold cup of Lactaid’s whole milk.

Edit: alright I searched up Lactaid in this sub and gotten some questionable stuff. Ik I sound like a massive shill (I wouldn’t mind lactose intolerant pay checks though), but I genuinely like this milk.

Plain milk I had in the past just doesn’t compare.

So I usually have to take around 5-7 tablets for them too work even though the I’d recommends only 1-2 a day. I took I think 8 tonight and my stomachs has been off so I was wondering if there’s a limit I should probably follow and if there’s any side effects of taking too many. Edit- My stomach feeling off was an understatement, I’m in a lot of pain. Going to shower. 2nd edit- Turns out I’ve got the flu, a few hours after my shower I threw up and have been since.

I'm about to make a batch of egg nog and age it before Christmas. The recipe calls for whole milk. The whole milk I have is Lactaid. My brain says go back to the store and get regular whole-milk. But rationally, is there anything wrong with using Lactaid in aged egg nog?

I think this is likely a cause of my flares. Just wondering if anyone here uses lactaid so that they can still have dairy and if it's had any effect on your HS

Ive used pills the entire time and i have to take like 5 for them to actually do anything. I need to get more and wanna know if people have had better experiences with chewables

I have been mildly lactose intolerant since way back when I was a kid. Up until about a year ago, I could basically handle more dairy just fine…except certain things, especially sugared dairy (cheese cake, ice cream, etc).

Now I’m 39 and it is just suddenly back as of about a year ago.

So I take lactaid when I’m going to have dairy, which ends up being a lot given what my kids will eat.

My question is…even though the lactaid works and doesn’t lead to GI distress (as long as I take it first), is the dairy doing any sort of damage to my digestive system or my body even if I take the lactase supplement? Should I be avoiding dairy or is it ok to eat it normally as long as I take lactaid?

I hope this question makes sense…

Thank you!

I was diagnosed with ibs-C. I have to deal with pain in lower left abdomen on a daily basis (not too bad though) and thin stools that result in me not emptying my bowels correctly. The harsh reality that I might not be able to have dairy hit me. However, my specialist told me I could take lactaid pills before having dairy and try it out. Has anyone here ever tried to take these pills before having dairy and has been alright?

They’re something that I keep on hand and use anyway but I’ve started to build up my stock so I have a couple years worth of lactaid tablets on hand. It means I can eat all the foods I store for my family and if there was a situation where we have to eat what we can get I’m able to do so without an upset stomach. Just wanted to share.

I'm making a cake for a friend who is lactose intolerant. The recipe calls for buttermilk, and I was thinking I'd do that sub where you add 1 tbsp of vinegar to 1 cup of milk. Would this work on lactose-free milk?

I’m IBS-M and people keep telling me about it but I’m scared because dairy is a huge trigger for me lol. Has it genuinely worked for anyone else?

I hate swallowing pills but I’m on vacation and all I can find are the capsule pill lactaid, can I just chew them?

I just took some Lactaid pills without reading the reviews. I took two and then read them and people were saying they made them violently throw up. I’m terrified of throwing up. Has anyone else experienced this? I didn’t end up eating the icecream I was going to have cause I was too scared. I hate this so much.