http://news.yahoo.com/pills-made-poop-cure-serious-gut-infections-150405405.html#
I personally think these pills were a great idea. It sounds gross, but when you think about it, what other kinds of pills to people take? Fish oil and other things can be a part of a person's pill list. I would much rather take the pills, which I'm sure is tasteless and is a quick and easy process, rather than getting a fecal transplant. The phrase 'fecal transplant' just FEELS painful and nasty. I definitely wouldn't want to undergo something like that. I think it was very clever to design the pill with three layers of the gel like substance so that it wouldn't dissolve until it reached the intestines. This is very important because if the pill dissolved in the stomach, the fecal matter would be in your stomach and can cause further infection, I assume. And also, if you had gas while taking the fecal supplement, your burps would taste pretty much how your farts would smell... in most cases, pretty foul. I think that scientists will definitely be able to "test freezing the stool, which won't kill the bacteria, so it could be stored and shipped anywhere a patient needed it." If they have accomplished this much, they can most likely make these fecal pills shippable.
"your burps would taste pretty much how your farts would smell" This is my favorite line! I agree I would rather take the pills than go through a fecal transplant. Even though poop pills sounds really gross i would definately take them instead of having a transplant...
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