Have Pink Eye

[hapi2bgf]

Hi everyone,

It seems that my illness this week is Pink Eye. It's a lovely little disease. I get this very easily. The last time I had Pink Eye was before diagnosed with Celiacs. The doctor is fine with me just keeping the medication and using it for my next round of Pink Eye.

My problem is the Pink Eye medication that I have is from Bausch and Lomb. I just called Bausch and Lomb to verify that it is gluten-free and they said to consider it NOT gluten-free. Since they have so many suppliers they cannot guarantee that their products are gluten-free.

So, has anyone had Pink Eye recently? Can you tell me the name brand of the product that worked for you?

I finally found a Pharmacist who is willing to help me ensure that my medications are gluten-free. She called last week to tell me about a new article she read that stated it is virtually impossible to tell which products are gluten-free by reading medication lables. Apparently medications are not required to list the inert ingredients which is where the gluten would be found. I'll pick the article up and pass it on to the list.

Thanks for the help!

[lovegrov]

Two points:

First, is this a medication you pout in your eye? If so, I wouldn't worry about whether or not it's gluten-free.

Second, did they say that they don't purposely put in gluten but they can't guarantee whether there's contamination with their suppliers? If so, this is the CYA statement you hear from a large number of the pharmaceutical companies. When I hear that I ignore it and take the medication. The chances of that medication being contaminated are MUCH, MUCH less than the chances a processed food or a restaurant meal will be contaminated. Probably even less than the chances food in a non-gluten-free home is contaminated.

richard