[bookworm]

My daughter diagnosed with Celiac a month ago checked with the pharmacist to find out about the medications she is taking. The pharmacist did not really know what celiac is, and had no idea about the medications and their ingredients. She was very frustrated. Any suggestions?

[Lisa]

bookworm, on Dec 4 2007, 07:36 PM, said:

My daughter diagnosed with Celiac a month ago checked with the pharmacist to find out about the medications she is taking. The pharmacist did not really know what celiac is, and had no idea about the medications and their ingredients. She was very frustrated. Any suggestions?

You ask who the manufacturer is and call them or e-mail them. Here is a list that might be helpful to get you over the hump.

Your pharmacist certainly should be able to tell you if the ingrediences contain gluten or not, and if not direct you to who would.


http://www.glutenfre...gs.com/list.htm

[happygirl]

Tell the pharmacist to call the company and find out if it is gluten free.

[jerseyangel]

I have not found a pharmacist who would call for me--once I got a half-hearted offer, and I didn't want to take the risk

I do ask for the name of the manufacturer and make the call myself. I've always had good luck with this--both with name brand and generic.

[blueeyedmanda]

The best bet is to call the company on your own. This way you can hear the answer for yourself instead of through the grapevine and you can also ask any other questions you might have. Good Luck.

[celiac-mommy]

I have also had bad luck with pharmacists. It has amazed me how NOT helpful they have been. I call the manufacturer as well, but I had also invested in the Clan Thompson food and drug list. That was pretty helpful, but of course not all things are listed.