Cruise and GliadinX

[StevieP.]

Going on a cruise next week and I’m a celiac. Bought a bottle of GliandinX. Should I just take two tablets per day as a precaution? Never tried this before!! Any help is appreciated!!

[Joe R]

I have not tried that. But my gastroenterologist gave me a prescription when I was traveling to Italy for Prednisone prescribed as 10mg, 1-2 tablets daily in the am before eating to counteract any symptoms so as to not hinder my diet while enjoying Italian food. I never actually took the medicine but have used it if I inadvertently ate the wrong thing at a restaurant and in that scenario it seemed to lesson my symptoms of adoption and bloating. Does anyone else have experience with using prednisone?

[plumbago]

@Joe R are you saying that while traveling in Italy as a person with Celiac disease, you are eating gluten-containing foods and taking prednisone to dampen down the flares?

Plumbago

[Joe R]

That was the suggestion from my GI doc but I never book the medicine and maintained a strict gluten free diet. Actually, Italy is much more sensitive to gluten free diets than the US, I found. 

[plumbago]

@Joe R

Thanks for clarifying! That's what I've heard, too, about Italy, but I've never been, sad face. Almost no one on these boards would recommend the approach of your GI doc, and would instead stick with yours. (Maybe if a "glutening" causes so many discomforts and inconveniences that it just overwhelms your life, and you have nothing else to do...maybe.) But, generally in the clinical setting, coming off prednisone requires a taper, as suddenly quitting can cause problems. Anyway, good for you!

[Scott Adams]

On 5/29/2025 at 5:13 PM, StevieP. said:

Going on a cruise next week and I’m a celiac. Bought a bottle of GliandinX. Should I just take two tablets per day as a precaution? Never tried this before!! Any help is appreciated!!

I've spoken to the founder of GliadinX and you that would be a good approach--but I'm assuming you're eating gluten-free options and worried about cross-contamination. I do this myself when eating in restaurants and traveling. If you know you accidently eat a lot of gluten you can safely ramp up the dosage and take 4 or 5, according to my conversations.

[StevieP.]

42 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

I've spoken to the founder of GliadinX and you that would be a good approach--but I'm assuming you're eating gluten-free options and worried about cross-contamination. I do this myself when eating in restaurants and traveling. If you know you accidently eat a lot of gluten you can safely ramp up the dosage and take 4 or 5, according to my conversations.

Thanks so much for that information!! That helps me out alot!!

[Mari]

Hi StevieP

I think it is best to take GliadinX Just before, during or just after you eat a food that may have a small amount of gluten.  Taking 2 capsules of GliadinX in the morning will not protect you all day because it will be long gone when you need it. The upper digestive system is where the digestive enzymes break down gluten. The problem with Celiacs is that normal digestion will only break down gluten to the point where the small fragments will still cause a reaction. GliadinX will break down the fragments so that they are too small to start the autoimmune reaction. 

The label on my bottle reads'it works in the stomach' and that is ver concentrated so 1 capsule is the recomm

Hope this helps/Have a lovely cruise.ended dose for each meal. 

[Scott Adams]

Although this is a paid review which I wrote after receiving a free bottle from them, it is a true story. I had planned to take a couple before eating out for a few weeks, then write the review, however, a situation developed that changed the entire course of my review:

 

[Scott Adams]

PS - I agree with @Mari, and it works best when taken right before eating anything that might be contaminated, but in the case of the review above, my mother took it ~5-10 minutes after finishing her last bite of regular pie.