Phage Complete FAQ

At some point all phages were extracted from the environment. But once isolated they have sense been cultured. Now the phages used in Phage Complete are grown in a sterile lab environment. The company I use to bottle the ingredients purchases all of the ingredients from well respected suppliers. Everything used in this product, at each step of the way, must be cGMP certified, FDA and independently inspected.  I’m the formulator of the overall product, I never actually touch the capsules or the raw ingredients.

That can depend on a number of factors, such as how much of the matching bacteria is available to them. But in general, not very long at all.

This study on the T4 (anti-Escherichia coli (e.Coli) bacteriophage) shows that it was no longer detectable 1 week after the last oral application.

All volunteers receiving the higher phage dose showed fecal phage 1 day after exposure; this prevalence was only 50% in subjects receiving the lower phage dose. No fecal phage was detectable a week after a 2-day course of oral phage application. Oral phage application did not cause a decrease in total fecal E. coli counts. In addition, no substantial phage T4 replication on the commensal E. coli population was observed. No adverse events related to phage application were reported. Serum transaminase levels remained in the normal range, and neither T4 phage nor T4-specific antibodies were observed in the serum of the subjects at the end of the study.  — PubMed ID#15980363

In addition, once the targeted bacteria are gone phages can not survive.