gluten-free cough syrup recommendations?

[Jamieson]

Hi. I had a weird reaction to Robitussin 30 years ago (I found out from a nutritionist in 2008 it was because that particular Robitussin type was filled with wheat!) and have avoided cough syrups sInce then. But now that I'm sick, I thought I'd reach out to see if anyone has a favorite brand or two that work well and don't have any gluten, dairy, or soy in them. Thanks! 

[trents]

I am a celiac and have used Delsym, both grape and orange, numerous times over the years and have not been aware of any gluten-related reactions. However, I am not a particularly sensitive celiac.

[plumbago]

These are the inactive ingredients of Robitussin:

anhydrous citric acid, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, FD&C blue no. 1, FD&C red no.
40, glycerin, liquid glucose, menthol, natural and artificial flavors, polyethylene glycol,
propylene glycol, purified water, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sucralose, triacetin,
xanthan gum

Does anyone see anything concerning vis a vis wheat/gluten in them?

I don't use cough syrup often, but probably the last time I did, I used Nyquil which has more or less the same difficult-to-parse inactive ingredients as above.

[Scott Adams]

The only ingredient that would be questionable would be "natural and artificial flavors," which, in food anyway, is gluten-free in the USA if it does not say "wheat" as a source. To me this looks naturally gluten-free, but you should call Robitussin to be 100% sure. 

This may also be helpful:

 

[Jamieson]

17 hours ago, trents said:

I am a celiac and have used Delsym, both grape and orange, numerous times over the years and have not been aware of any gluten-related reactions. However, I am not a particularly sensitive celiac.

Thanks for that suggestion. It does look gluten free, though I wish it didn't have high fructose corn syrup in it. But maybe HFCS is common in cough syrups. For a long time I’ve just tried using a tea to help my cough that was recommended by a nutritionist; she told me to make from fenugreek tea bags and sage tea bags (3 fenugreek +1 sage), boil, and add honey as needed. It does help but I’m glad to learn what other gluten-free people use for coughs too.

[Jamieson]

21 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

The only ingredient that would be questionable would be "natural and artificial flavors," which, in food anyway, is gluten-free in the USA if it does not say "wheat" as a source. To me this looks naturally gluten-free, but you should call Robitussin to be 100% sure. 

This may also be helpful:

 

Hi, I’ll never feel comfortable taking any flavor of Robitussin again, but agree, wheat can be hidden in those natural/artificial flavors label. My bad reaction could have happened when Robitussin could have altered a few of the ingredients they used to make it with 20 years ago (or didn’t have to label wheat as they do today). Thanks for the cough drop link! I really appreciate it.

[Wheatwacked]

Hi, Since 2004 I take zinc glyconate (Cold-Eeze) at the first sign of a cold. Zinc is an antiviral, often deficient in Celiac, and the lozenge coats the mucous membrane, preventing the virus from getting a foothold. Never even gets to the cough and congestion stage.  Once I waited and had a mild sniffle for two days.  If you get them alot look into increasing your vitamin D plasma level.

[GF-Cate]

If you're in the US, all Genexa's over the counter meds are certified gluten-free (by GFCO) and also free of soy, lactose, nuts and dairy.

Zarabee's is also labeled gluten-free, and do not seem to contain dairy or soy, but you should double check the ingredients list.