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Gluten Free And Filler Free Meds

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jenyanderson Newbie
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I am trying to find a list of medications that are gluten-free and filler free. I have to deal with military drs and they aren't the sharpest nails in the bag. I have to tell them what I can and cannot take. All I know is that Augmentin has a filler in it and has had drastic results when I took it. Can anyone out there steer me in the right direction?

Jennifer

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Meredith Newbie
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I am trying to find a list of medications that are gluten-free and filler free.  I have to deal with military drs and they aren't the sharpest nails in the bag.  I have to tell them what I can and cannot take.  All I know is that Augmentin has a filler in it and has had drastic results when I took it.  Can anyone out there steer me in the right direction?

Jennifer

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Meredith Newbie
Meredith
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Hi - sorry about that last post - I'm new to this. Someone told me about www.glutenfreedrugs.com I'm not sure how reliable it is but you might want to check it out.

lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
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Virtually all meds are in fact gluten free, but I know of few if any that are "filler" free. Most meds have inactive ingredients that I guess would be considered "filler."

richard

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skbird
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Any chance you can go to a compounding pharmacist? They specialize in formulating drugs without specific fillers, etc, and that might be of help. Though maybe hard to come by dealing with military doctors.

Do a search for "compounding pharmacist" and you should find a web site that tells you where the one nearest you is.

Best of luck

Stephanie

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Virtually all meds are in fact gluten free, but I know of few if any that are "filler" free. Most meds have inactive ingredients that I guess would be considered "filler."

richard

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Richard,

Do you know if hydrochlorothiazide and Micro K potassium have gluten in them? I have the list of safe drugs from www.glutenfreedrugs, and these 2 are not listed. My pharmacy could not help me. I just found out I have been taking calcium with gluten for the past 3 months!

Thanks

Sharon

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Kasey'sMom
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Sharon,

Here's another gluten-free drug list that has been helpful to me.

homepage.mac.com/sholland/celiac/GFmedlist.pdf

Do you happen to know the manufacture? I just called a drug company on the last med. I got filled. I had to search a while online but I was able to get a phone number for customer service.

Hope you find out soon :)

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AN616 Rookie
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Hi,

I am a pharmacy tech and your pharmacist is wrong when they say that they can't help you. I have people call and ask me about meds when they have certain allergies (gluten and others) all the pharmacy needs to do is call the manufacturer and ask them. I have done it many times for customers. If they won't do that for you then they can at least give you the phone number to the manufacturer. I'm sorry that they wouldn't help you with that. If you would like me to get the numbers to the manufacturer for you let me know. (it will be tomorrow though because I am off of work for tonight.) :)

Oh yeah and if you do want me to get the numbers for you please give me the names of the manufacturers that your pharmacy used. They should at least be able to tell you that. :)

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