Patient Discussion Guide
Bringing your microbiome results into a doctor’s visit
Your Flore report is built to be read alongside a clinician. This one-pager helps you walk in organized, ask the right questions, and hand your doctor exactly what they need.
Before your visit — what to bring
- Your Flore microbiome report (PDF)Download it from your account. It has a plain-language summary up front and strain-level detail further in.
- Your personalized formula ingredient listThe strains and ingredients in your capsules or powder — so your doctor can cross-check against your history and medications.
- Your raw sequencing data (optional)If your clinician wants the underlying data, it’s yours to download and share — nothing is locked away.
- A short list of your current symptoms & medicationsContext helps your doctor connect your results to what you’re actually experiencing.
Explain Flore in one breath
“I did an at-home microbiome test with Flore. It sequenced my gut bacteria down to the strain level, and they built a personalized probiotic based on my results. I’d like your read on whether it fits my situation.”
That’s all it takes. You don’t need to explain the science — the report and the clinician section below do that for you.
Questions worth asking your doctor
- Do these findings line up with my symptoms and history?
- Are any of my medications or conditions relevant to what’s in my formula?
- Does this fit into my current care plan — or change anything in it?
- Should we revisit this in a few months to see how things have shifted?
- Is there anything here you’d want to monitor or follow up on?
Talking points, by what brought you in
Ask how your strain-level results relate to your digestive pattern, and whether tracking symptoms over time alongside a follow-up test makes sense.
Note that your formula is built to your own results rather than a generic blend — useful if off-the-shelf probiotics haven’t sat well with you.
Bring your child’s report to their pediatrician first. Personalized formulas come as capsules or powder — no liquid — and dosing questions belong with their doctor.
If gut–brain symptoms are why you’re here, ask your clinician how they’d want to fold microbiome data into a broader workup.
For the provider
Flore (formerly Sun Genomics) is a precision probiotic platform. Your patient completed an at-home microbiome test; their results informed a personalized, strain-level formulation.
- The testing
- Stool sample analyzed at an independent CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited laboratory using whole-genome (shotgun metagenomic) sequencing, which resolves the microbiome to the strain level rather than the genus-level view of 16S.
- The formulation
- A personalized capsule or powder drawn from 100+ ingredients, matched to the patient’s results. It is an intervention intended to support the microbiome — not a drug, and not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure disease.
- What you can access
- The patient can share their full report, ingredient list, and raw sequencing data with you. A Flore provider portal also lets patients upload their tests, supports provider handoffs, and lets you add clinical notes.
- On the evidence, honestly
- Flore is clinically informed but there are no published randomized controlled trials; related autism work is an mSystems open-label pilot, not an RCT. We’d rather you have the real picture.
Questions? support@flore.com · 415-326-4743
This guide is for conversation, not medical advice. Flore does not diagnose, treat, or cure any disease, and is not a substitute for care from your healthcare provider. Always consult your clinician before starting, stopping, or changing any supplement — especially for children or if you are pregnant, immunocompromised, or managing a medical condition.