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Is "glutenin" Safe For Celiacs?

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I was trying to confirm whether my birth control medication (Yasmin) was safe (I had always assumed it was but thought I should double-check) so I called the company. It was explained to me that gluten is made up of glutenin and gliadin, and it is only the gliadin that is "thought to" cause problems for celiacs. Yasmin contains glutenin (thought to not be a problem) but not gliadin. I found it a bit weird that the guy kept saying these things are "thought to" cause problems or "thought not to" cause problems....like they don't know for sure. Has anyone else heard this before? Can we use something with glutenin? Yasmin is the only pill that works for me....the others caused nasty side effects.

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I was trying to confirm whether my birth control medication (Yasmin) was safe (I had always assumed it was but thought I should double-check) so I called the company. It was explained to me that gluten is made up of glutenin and gliadin, and it is only the gliadin that is "thought to" cause problems for celiacs. Yasmin contains glutenin (thought to not be a problem) but not gliadin. I found it a bit weird that the guy kept saying these things are "thought to" cause problems or "thought not to" cause problems....like they don't know for sure. Has anyone else heard this before? Can we use something with glutenin? Yasmin is the only pill that works for me....the others caused nasty side effects.

Yasmin is listed as gluten free below. With this information and information from the company, I would consider your BC safe.

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Yasmin is listed as gluten free below. With this information and information from the company, I would consider your BC safe.

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I've seen it on the gluten-free lists before too....my only concern was that all of the lists I"ve seen seemed to be from the US. I'm in Canada, and sometimes our food and drugs have different ingredients than whats available in the US.

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How about this: Open Original Shared Link

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Is this "glutenin" derived from corn or wheat (or something else)? That would be important to know.

Regardless, I take Yasmin with no problems. I've also seen it on many gluten-free lists.

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Glutenin......derived from wheat best knowen for its role with gliadin to create

gluten.this is responsible for the firmness of dough in baking bread.....i would

look for a different birth control.......

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