 [ Symptoms ] is it safe to take probiotics long term [ Disease ] i think probiotics are fine and not harmful over the long term as you know they contain friendly yeast and bacteria that are normally found in the body is intestines called normal flora they do not contain harmful or potentially dangerous mixtures of organisms if there is an imbalance in our normal flora probiotics can help correct the problem especially with candida overgrowth the body will basically incorporate whatever it needs from the probiotic pills to rebalance the flora if we have chronic problems then regular probiotics may be needed and helpful if we are balanced and still take probiotics that may not be needed at that time the body should simply pass it through with no harm done if my patients feel they help i have no problem if they continue taking probiotics