Update by user Sep 06, 2011 Like it Original review posted by user Aug 27, 2011 As someone who's suffered with irritable bowel syndrome for 5 years, I can tell you first hand how frustrating the condition is. Not knowing if you should leave the house or not in case your bowels "act up". My worst time was in the morning, I was totally useless from 7:30am – 9:30am. It was especially a hassle when my husband wanted to travel and we would usually have ot pay extra to fly out at a later time, but we couldn't leave too early or my bowels may act up. My doctor has tried helping me by putting me on different medications, both natural and prescription, and usually each of the pills would work great on one symptom, like one medication would get rid of the diarhea, and another would get rid of the cramping, but nothing abolished all of the symptoms. My other worry was that most of these products are chemical-based and provide only temporary relief of my symptoms. One day I was doing some searching on Google for herbal and natural medication for irritable bowel syndrome relief. I came across Dicon Active Defence and although it was a little pricey at $35, I decided to give it a try. Wow!!! After taking it for a few days, I immediately noticed a decrease in my symptoms, and of course once I noticed a decrease in my symptoms, I got a little concerned that this medication was not very healthy, so I did some further research. All the research I found on Dicon showed that this was a 100% natural and herbal mixture and thankfully, it's gentle enough to be taken every day, but strong enough to decrease your IBS symptoms. For more information on Dicon Active Defence, go to www.diconds.com