I Have A Cold. What Is Safe To Take To Feel Better?

[myserenityprayer]

So I have a really bad head cold. I usually don't like to take too much unnecessary medicine but I am feeling pretty yucky. Does anyone know what over the counter cold/sinus meds are gluten free? My very first homemade gluten-free chicken soup and gallons of hot tea aren't working. I barely slept last night and could use some nyquil for tonight. What about throat losengers? I know Halls are out.

[StrongerToday]

I don't take much, except for some Tylenol PM at night. But I am a big beleiver in Zycam, which you need to start using asap when you feel a cold coming on. I did verify that it is gluten-free.

Feel better!!

[Canadian Karen]

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Revised September 1, 2006

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Also look under the "Brands/Stores List" if you don't see it here. It contains information on the following:

ConAgra Foods (CANADA)

Muir Glen

Nestle

Newman’s Own

Table of Contents

Alcoholic Beverages 2

Baby Products 3

Baking Supplies 4

Beverages 5

Candy 7

Cereal, Breakfast 8

Condiments, Sauces, etc. 9

Convenience Meals 11

Dairy 12

Desserts 13

Ethnic Foods 14

Fruits and Veggies 15

Health and Beauty Products 16

Household Products 18

Meat 19

Medications Rx and OTC 21

Potatoes, Rice, Pasta 23

Snack Foods 24

Soups 27

Spices and Flavorings 28

Tomato Products 29

Vitamins and Supplements 30

Medications Rx and OTC

Allegra (vp=05/08/06)

All Allegra products gluten-free. Allegra 24 is also casein free.

Ativan (Mylan) (vp=03/06)

Braintree Labs 800-874-6756 (www.braintreelabs.com) (vp=3/14/06)

AXID Oral Solution

Ciprofloxacin (Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc.) (904-296-0019) (Open Original Shared Link) (vp=04-05-06)

Dimetapp (ve=2/27/06)

Dimetapp Cold and Fever Suspension; Dimetapp Cold and Allergy; Dimetapp DM Cold and Cough; Dimetapp Non Drowsy Flu; Dimetapp Night-Time Flu.

These Dimetapp products “are deemed gluten free based on certification from our suppliers for all raw materials that go into the products. This certification is based on the fact that the product was not made from wheat, rye, oats, triticale, or barley and does not contain any ingredients that were derived from those grains. Those are the grains that contain the gliadin form of gluten. We do not test the finished product. If you have a question about a Dimetapp product not listed, please feel free to call our offices regarding the gluten content.”

Dulcolax (1-888-285-9159) (vp=2/27/06)

Dulcolax Tablets are NOT gluten-free; Dulcolax Soft Gels ARE Gluten-Free.

Equate (Call on specific lot numbers (they are working on new labels that will have gluten free status listed, but aren't done yet), but in general if it says "starch", it will always be corn or potato starch in their medications.)

Acetominophen 500mg. (walmart/sam's brand) (vp=2/15/06)

Naproxen Sodium (Walmart/Sam's brand, manufactured by Leiner Health Products) (800-421-1168 x7102) (ve=3/06/06)

Ethex Corporation (1-800-321-1705) (ve=01/10/06)

Pseudovent DM - gluten-free

Fleet (ve=05/08/06)

All Fleet products are gluten free

Fluconazole -- generic version made by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (ve=8/26/06)

Glaxo (1-800-777-2500)

PHAZYME: gelcaps (no other variety is gluten-free) (v-=01/26/06)

Oasis Moisturizing Mouth Spray for Dry Mouth. (vp=8/31/06)

Halls (www.gethalls.com or www.cadburyadams.com) (ve = 6/15/06)

Halls Cough Drops are gluten-free.

Interpharm Inc. (ve=01/12/06) (www.interpharminc.com/products.html)

All medications are gluten free.

Johnson and Johnson/MERCK Pharmaceuticals (1-800-469-5268) (v.e.=3/17/06). Brands included on list: Tylenol, Motrin, St. Josephs, Mylanta, Mylecon, Immodium, and Pepcid.

The following do not contain detectable levels of gluten:

Children's Tylenol® Soft Chews Grape

Children's Tylenol® Soft Chews Bubblegum

Children's Tylenol® Soft Chews Fruit

Children's Tylenol® Suspension Grape (Original)

Children's Tylenol® Suspension Bubblegum (Original)

Children's Tylenol® Suspension Cherry (Original)

Children's Tylenol® Suspension Strawberry (Original)

Infant's Tylenol® Drops Cherry

Infant's Tylenol® Drops Grape

Children's Tylenol® Cold Suspension Grape

Children's Tylenol® Plus Cold Chewable Tablets

Children's Tylenol® Plus Cold & Cough Chewable Tablets Cherry

Children's Tylenol® Plus Cold & Cough Suspension Cherry

Infant's Tylenol® Drops Plus Cold

Tylenol® Allergy Sinus Caplets (Original)

Tylenol® Sinus Day Caplets

Tylenol® Sinus Severe Congestion

Tylenol® Cold Severe Congestion Caplets

Tylenol® Severe Cold & Flu Liquid

Tylenol® Cold Day Non Drowsy Caplet

Simply Stuffy Liquid

Simply Cough Liquid

Extra Strength Tylenol® Geltabs

Extra Strength Tylenol® Gelcaps

Extra Strength Tylenol® Tablets

Extra Strength Tylenol® Caplets

Regular Strength Tylenol® Tablets

Tylenol® Arthritis Pain Relief Caplets

Tylenol® 8 Hour Caplets

Tylenol® 8 Hour Geltabs

Tylenol® PM Caplets

Simply Sleep Caplets

Children's Motrin® Suspension Grape

Children's Motrin® Suspension Berry

Children's Motrin® Suspension BubbleGum

Children's Motrin® Suspension Dye-Free

Children's Motrin® Chewables Grape

Children's Motrin® Chewables Orange

Infant's Motrin® Drops

Infant's Motrin® Drops Dye-Free Children's Motrin® Suspension Grape

Children's Motrin® Cold Suspension Berry

Children's Motrin® Cold Suspension Grape

Children's Motrin® Cold Suspension Dye-Free

Motrin® IB Caplets

Motrin® IB Gelcaps

Motrin® IB Tablets

Motrin Cold & Sinus Caplets

Imodium® Advanced Chewable Tablets

Imodium® AD Caplets

St. Joseph® Enteric Coated Caplets

St. Joseph® Adult Chewable Tablets

Children's Mylanta® Tablets Bubblegum

Mylanta® Liquid Original

Mylanta® Ultra Tablets Cool Mint

Infants Mylicon® Drops Non-Staining

Maximum Strength Mylanta® Gas Mint Tablets

Pepcid® AC Tablets

Pepcid® Complete Tablets

Lannett Pharmaceuticals (Open Original Shared Link (vp=05/17/ 06)

All products manufactured by Lannett are gluten free.

Merck – see Johnson and Johnson

Mikart Pharmaceuticals 1-188-464-5278 (vp=3/20/06)

Dolgic Plus

Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals: (www.mgp-online.com/Products/) (ve=01/12/06)

All medications are gluten free.

Mucinex (vp=8/10/06)

All products are gluten-free.

Mylan Pharmaceuticals (vp=3/2/06)

Naproxen Sodium 500 mg tabs (The customer service rep. confirmed that all of Mylan's pharmaceuticals are gluten free.)

Mentholatum (1-716-677-2500) (v=01/16/06)

CASTOR OIL: Fletcher’s Castoria

Novartis (v-01/26/06)

GAS-X: all forms (including with Maalox)

Ovol (www.ovol.ca) (v=01/22/06)

All Ovol tablets are gluten-free

Pepto Bismol (ve=05/11/06)

There's no gluten in any version of Pepto.

Pfizer (800-223-0182 U.S.) (800-661-4659 Canada)

Dramamine - Original and Less Drowsy formulas (vp=8/5/06)

Zyrtec, 5 mg Children's Liquid (NOT chewables) (vp=5/8/06)

Zmax-oral suspension all flavors. (vp=07/06)

Pliva – (ve=3/1/06)

cyclobenzeprine

Qualitest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1-800-444-4011) (vp=3/30/06)

HCTZ

Safeway Select (ve=01/20/06)

24 Hour Allergy Relief; 24-Hour Allergy Relief With Loratadine; Acetaminophen; Allergy Relief; Allergy Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Anti Histamine; Antacid Plus (Double Strength); Antacid Tablets (Peppermint, Fruit, Wintergreen); Anti Diarrheal Tablets; Benehist Allergy; Cough & Cold Decongestant; Cough Drops (Honey Lemon & Vitamin C Citrus); Children’s Chewable Non Aspirin- (Grape, Fruit); Children's Elixir Cough & Cold; Children’s Elixir Nasal Decongestant; Day Time Cold & Cough; Docusate Sodium; Enteric Coated Aspirin; Extra Strength Acetaminophen Rapid Release Gel Caps; Extra Strength Non Aspirin Capsules; Extra Strength Non Aspirin Gel Capsules; Famotidine Tablets; Fiber Therapy; Fiber Therapy Capsules; Glucosamine Chondroitin; Glucosamine Sulfate; Ibuprofen Brown Caplets; Ibuprofen (Children’s Grape Oral Suspension); Liquid Ibuprofen Soft Gels; Low Strength Aspirin; Maximum Strength Suphedrine; Micro Coated Aspirin; Migraine Relief Capsules; Milk Of Magnesia (Mint); Multi Symptom Nasal Spray; Naproxen Sodium Tablets; Night Time Cold Medicine (Comparable to Nyquil); Stomach Relief; Regular Strength Aspirin; Triacting Sore Throat Formula; Tussin.

Sulfamethoxazole/tmp double strength (Teva)(888-838-2872)(vp=04-19-06)

They said to the best of their knowledge, it is gluten-free.

Systane Eyedrops (ve=05/31/06)

Teva Pharmaceuticals, www.Tevapharm.com, 215-591-3000 (vp=5/8/06)

Azithromycin 250mg, (generic for Z-Pak)

Triaminic (www.triaminic.com) (1-800-KIDS-987) (v=01/26/06)

TRIAMINIC LIQUIDS: cough & nasal congestion (tropical flavor), cough & cold (cherry), flu cough & fever (bubblegum flavor)

TRIAMINIC SOFT CHEWS: cough & cold, cough & sore throat

TRIAMINIC THIN STRIPS: cough & runny nose, long acting cough

Tums (Glaxo-Smith Kline) (ve=2/21/06)

TUMS MAY CONTAIN TRACE AMOUNTS OF GLUTEN

Tylenol (www.tylenol.com) (v-01/27/06)

CHILDREN’S TYLENOL SOFT CHEWS: grape, bubblegum, fruit

CHILDREN’S TYLENOL SUSPENSION: grape, bubble gum, cherry, strawberry

INFANT’S TYLENOL DROPS: cherry, grape, plus cold

CHILDREN’S COLD SUSPENSION: grape

CHILDREN’S COLD CHEWABLE: cherry, grape

ALLERGY SINUS CAPLETS: sinus day, sinus severe congestion

TYLENOL COLD: severe congestion, sever cold & flu liquid, day non-drowsy caplet, simply stuffy liquid, simply cough liquid

PAIN RELIEF: extra strength geltabs, extra strength gelcaps, extra strength tablets, extra strength caplets, regular tablets, arthritis caplets, 8-hour caplets, 8-hr geltabs, PM caplets, simply sleep caplets

CHILDREN’S MOTRIN SUSPENSION: grape, berry, bubblegum, dye-free

CHILDREN’S MOTRIN CHEWABLE: grape, orange

INFANT’S MOTRIN: dye free grape

CHILDREN’T MOTRIN COLD SUSPENSION: berry, grape, dye-free

MOTRIN: caplets, gelcaps, tablets, cold & sinus

IMODIUM: advance chewable, ad caplets

ST JOSEPH: enteric coated caplets, adults chewable tablets

(Children’s Tylenol suspension (Grape Splash, Bubblegum Yum, Cherry Blast, and Very Berry Strawberry), Extra Strength Tylenol® Rapid Release Gels (replaces Extra Strength Tylenol® Gelcaps), and Tylenol® Allergy Complete Caplets (replaces Tylenol® Allergy Sinus Caplets) have not yet been tested)

The following Johnson & Johnson or MERCK products have been tested and do not contain detectable levels of gluten

MYLANTA: children’s tablets bubblegum, original liquid, ultra tablets cool mint, maximum strength gas mint tablets, infants Mylicon drops non-staining

PEPCID: pepcid ac tablets, complete tablets

(for the remainder of McNeil’s/Johnson & Johnson/Merck products: Glutens are naturally-occurring proteins found in grains such as wheat, rye, barley & oats, but are not found in corn. The primary source of starch in our formulations is corn. Relatively small amounts of other materials used in our formulations may contain starch from other sources (e.g. potato, rice ))

URL/Mutual Pharma Company (www.urlmutual.com) (800-523-3684) vp=03/10/06

Sulindac 200 mg (Imprint: MP 116, generic for Clinioril); Per conversation: Contains pre-gelatinized corn starch; no guarantees that it has never come in contact with gluten.

Vicks (ve=05/31/06)

DayQuil & NyQuil

Hope this helps!

Karen

[jerseyangel]

I use Zicam, also, at the first sign of a cold--it really helps!

Luckily, I don't get colds very often, but when I do, I use Extra Strength Bufferin and for a cough/sore throat, honey and fresh lemon juice as needed.

I just don't care for the multi-symptom type medicines, myself.

[myserenityprayer]

wow. talk about a reliable response!!! thank you so much! time to call my boyfriend to give him a list of meds to by me on his way home. thanks again!

[Girl Ninja]

Robitussin meds and drops are ok too.