Maternal Probiotic Intervention to Improve Gut Health-Trial II-Pakistan

Oral vancomycin in capsule form will be administered three times daily for 5 days at 250mg per dose. Because oral vancomycin is a non-absorbable antibiotic, the likelihood of systemic absorption is minimal and therefore, it is not associated with the adverse events attributable to the intravenous formulation

VE818 is an 11-strain bacterial consortium rationally designed by Vedanta Biosciences Inc., to displace enteropathogens and reduce intestinal inflammation in pregnant women.

Enteric capsules filled with approximately 400mg of microcrystalline cellulose (bulking agent)