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I was reading some of the other reviews, about vomiting after taking a pill. If you are highly lactose intolerant, 1 pill will be OK for A PIECE of cake with milk in it or the frosting. If you are only slightly intolerant, 1 pill will be OK for a meal of pizza OR a serving of icecream. It's not magic; it all depends on what your body produces on it's own and/or how allergic/intolerant you are. And...

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What a nightmare. My doctor told me to try this because I became lactose intolerant after I got a parasite in Mexico. Within 2 minutes of swallowing this pill, I turned completely red, was so hot, I asked my husband for ice. Then I got the shakes. Then I was in excruciating pain and dry heaving over the toilet for the next three hours. I finally threw up. I was sick for the next 48 hours but not ...

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Lactaid sucks | 7-12 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
3/23/2024
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 1.0
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Up all night for the second time in a week with my 12 year old son after taking this. He had violent vomiting and diarrhea within 2 hours of taking lactaid. I read that lactaid is produced from aspergillus mold. My son has severe asthma and mold allergies. Interesting. I personally have taken lactaid without problems for years but I’m going to stop now so this never happens to me. Furious there is no warning on this product.

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Brad | 45-54 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
3/9/2024
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 2.3
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Took this twice before eating a tiny bit of dairy. Both times a few hours later I was kneeling over the toilet. Sweats, vomiting and diarrhea. Took about 9 hours to get out of my system. Never again! Threw out the box!

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Sarah |
2/27/2024
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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My husband started taking this in hopes he could enjoy cheesy meals again. The first time it seemed to work. The second time he didn't feel well afterwards, so he took 2 pills The next time, thinking 1 wasn't helping. He became violently sick. Thinking it was something else he used the pills a couple days later and became sick again. Violently throwing up, diarrhea and bloating that was so painful he was sweating. I had to search on line to see if he was the only one...nope. Why is this not listed as a side effect?! Would not have purchased! Do not use!!!Read More Read Less

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Kr12 | 35-44 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/7/2024
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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These made me incredibly sick, 100x more sick than just eating lactose. I’m fine with Lactaid milk and ice cream but these caplets are the equivalent of food poisoning. Awful!!!

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PMag04 | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 6 months to less than 1 year | Patient
12/28/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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I vomited once again after taking Lactaid. I finally started googling why this happened within 30 minutes to an hour of chewing a tablet, only to learn it was the “remedy” that made me violently ill! I’ll take digestive enzymes in the future. So extremely disappointing!

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Shell | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
11/15/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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Caused severe nausea and vomiting with diarrhea. I struggle a few years ago with it and just gave up on dairy because taking Lactaid was not an option. Thought I would try again and it almost ruined my vacation. I will NEVER use this product again.

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Anonymous | 65-74 | Female | On medication for 2 to less than 5 years | Patient
11/7/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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I will never take those pills again!!! Made me so so sick vomiting and diarrhea! I thought I had a bug. I hate to be that sick , wish I could have read these reviews before I took !!! And BAD bloating!

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Anonymous | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
10/16/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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This made me violently nauseous and had horrible cramps

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Anonymous | 19-24 | Transgender | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
9/17/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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Okay, so picked these up from Amazon because I thought it would help me eat a Wendy's frosty or Ben and Jerry's without feeling ill. I'm lactose intolerant to only whole milk. I can have 2% milk and all the others. Anyway, noticed some stomach upset after taking the product. Felt like the occasional normal response my body has after eating a pint of non dairy free Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Then, the nausea. Almost threw up. Couldn't bend down without feeling like I might have after a minute. Still feeling a little nausea FOUR HOURS after taking the product. Never again. This is ten times worse than my lactose intolerance normally is.Read More Read Less

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Buyer beware | 45-54 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
7/31/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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Violently ill. Excruciating stomach pain & Cramping. Diarrhea. Vomiting. Feeling weak. Awful product.

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Anonymous |
7/4/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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It took me three times after ingestion of the pill to notice that it was related with me vomiting. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (once). NEVER AGAIN. Being bloated is 10x less painful!! No pill for me

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Furious | 13-18 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
7/2/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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VIOLENT nausea and vomiting. How many people could have been spared the suffering of multiple episodes if this potential side effect was listed on the box? Someone should file a class action lawsuit. This is negligence in the extreme.

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Furious Parent | 13-18 | Male | On medication for less than 1 month | Caregiver
7/2/2023
Condition: Indigestion
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Why is VIOLENT VOMITING and DIARRHEA not listed as a potential side effect of Lactaid chewables???? My son had mild stomach issues and gas when consuming dairy. Have taken this product twice and twice he has been terribly ill. Vomiting and diarrhea for HOURS. We could have saved him this second round of suffering IF THIS POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECT WAS LISTED SOMEWHERE ON THE PACKAGING!!!

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D. Thomas | 75 or over | Female | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
4/3/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 2.0
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It seemed to help a little at first but suddenly it stopped working. My intolerance became much worse.

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Lactaid | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
2/19/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 1.0
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Severe nausea and vomiting for about 3 hours. Taking some time to feel better. Never taking this again.

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Roo | 25-34 | Female | Patient
1/31/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 1.0
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Same story as many of the other 1 star reviews! Lactaid makes me violently ill. It is not the lactase enzyme itself, but one of the additives in the pill that is making us all sick. Fortunately, the other brand on the market (Lacteez) has completely different (and fewer) additives, and it works perfectly for me! So try that!

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mommabear1222 | 7-12 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
1/18/2023
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
Overall rating 1.0
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Almost immediately after taking, my child has the chills, diarreah, cold sweats, nausea and cannot move for hours! He didn't even have the chance to consume the food he took the pills for! I wouldn't have related the two, until I came here to see that everyone else is experiencing this same thing. This has happened both times my child has tried to take this for relief from dairy.

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Malika | 19-24 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/23/2022
Condition: Indigestion
Overall rating 3.0
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I was taking these to help with my lactose intolerance. But I started to notice when I would take them I would be gassy plus other stomach issues that flared up when taking these. Sad they weren't for me. Back to the dairy drops for now

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Brent Greene |
12/8/2022
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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Same as most reviews; violent vomiting beginning about 1/2 hour after ingesting. First time, thought it was a coincidence, second time ... learned my lesson. I did a ton of research and definitely wondered why there was not a "very serious' warning on product packaging (there should be, maybe there is now?). This was all years ago; I hadn't/couldn't find this site/these reviews then. The product works for some, not so much for others. So after all my research and finding no warnings or other negative reviews I made an assumption that is was the binder and not the lactase in Lactaid that was causing my violent reaction? I ingest lactase via other products without any negative reaction. I would recommend researching the "binder" vs. lactase! My advice on the product, user be very warned.Read More Read Less

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Melanie | 55-64 | Female | On medication for less than 1 month | Patient
12/3/2022
Condition: Inability of Body to Handle Lactose or Milk Sugar
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I tried these pills and within an hour or so I was vomiting. I thought it was coincidence, so I tried taking another pill several days later. Same thing happened, vomiting for hours after the pill.

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