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Here is a quote from the FAQ on the Align web site.

Do I need to take Align forever?
It is important to continually replenish essential Bifantis bacteria to maintain your digestive balance. Because no probiotic can permanently change your digestive environment, you need to continue taking Align to continue to maintain a stronger, healthier digestive system. Taking Align is a healthy practice to get into for life for an ongoing defense against digestive episodes that interfere with your plans.

The research on the use of this probiotic for IBS indicates it has to be taken regularly.

Taking a probiotic for IBS is not necessarily synonymous with taking a probiotic to re-establish a normal level of that particular bacteria in the gut flora. In some instances you may wish to maintain the amount of a certain bacteria above the normal gut flora level because the bacteria has a beneficial property such as playing an anti-inflammatory role. Bifidobacterium infantis appears to play an anti-inflammatoru role in the bowel. Probiotics can play a variety of therapeutic roles and not simply replenish an unbalanced population in the gut flora. In order to maintain this effect these probiotics have to be taken regularly.

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