Gluten-free Anti-depressants

[Mayam]

Hi,

This is my first time posting on this board. My oldest daughter and I were diagnosed with celiac disease in September of 2003.

I just discovered I am unexpectedly expecting child number 3. With my 2nd daughter I had ppd, but chose not to take anti-depressants. I'm considering taking anti-depressants, if needed, this time around. Does anyone know which anti-depressants are gluten-free. I will need to take SSRIs.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[debmidge]

HI! my advice would be to go to the public library and review a book called Physician's Desk Reference & look up the possible anti depressants (in the index under anti depressants). Then write down the name of the prescription and the manufacturer (Example: Prozac made by XXXX). In the index is a list of manufacturers and their addresses and phone numbers. At this point, you would call the drug manufacturers just like you do the food manufacturers asking them if the particular drug is made gluten free. Drug manufacturers have more guidelines than food manufacturers as the FDA does more inspections at pharmaceutical plants and they have very strict ingredient requirements which means that they can't change the formula on a whim.

DebMidge

[Lily]

My doctor checked with the drug rep at our hospital and they swear Zoloft is gluten free, although I've been scared to try it and it's still sitting unopened. Good luck!

Lily

[breathwork]

According to...

www.glutenfreedrugs.com

zoloft is gluten free.

Congratulations on baby number 3!

Carol Ann

[nwoebcke]

I'm highly dubious of websites that don't offer anything except the word of the industry that manufactures the drugs in question. Especially when most of the drugs we get are from a totalitarian state like China where there is no freedom of the press or freedom of information. You might as well say that the air of Beijing is free of smog and healthy to breathe, since those are the same officials pronouncing our drugs to be free of gluten.

In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan: trust but verify. And since we don't have any independent agency verifying the drug industry claims, I prefer not to trust at all.

According to...

www.glutenfreedrugs.com

zoloft is gluten free.

Congratulations on baby number 3!

Carol Ann

[ravenwoodglass]

I'm highly dubious of websites that don't offer anything except the word of the industry that manufactures the drugs in question. Especially when most of the drugs we get are from a totalitarian state like China where there is no freedom of the press or freedom of information. You might as well say that the air of Beijing is free of smog and healthy to breathe, since those are the same officials pronouncing our drugs to be free of gluten.

In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan: trust but verify. And since we don't have any independent agency verifying the drug industry claims, I prefer not to trust at all.

There are some companies that can be trusted. I only take one script but as I am very sensitive I do have it checked each time I refill because it is a generic.

I do agree it is best to call the company directly as with generics as binders can change. With name brand drugs as long as it is under patent the ingredients including binders will stay the same.