Tylenol Cold & Other Tylenol Upper Resp. Products

[alamaz]

I just called the makers of Tylenol Cold to see if is gluten free and she told me they reforumlated all of the upper respiratory products last year and are still testing them to see if they contain glutens. This includes Tylenol Cold and Tylenol Sinus. It does not include the pain relievers as those have not been reformulated. I'm also pregnant and my doc. told me Tylenol Cold or Sinus was the only thing I could take or Sudafed which doesn't do a thing for me. Has any one taken the new formulations without any problems? I bought the Tylenol Cold Head Congestion Daytime. Ugh. I feel like crap!

[buffettbride]

I remember when I was pregnant, my dr. didn't want me taking any cold medicines. I got a wicked cold when I was preggers so I used Tylenol and Vicks vapor rub (they also have shower soother tablets now, too) which helped a ton.

I don't know if the Vicks rub has gluten in it or not, but it might be an alternative for you if you don't know if those meds are safe. There are also plug-in nightlight things with vapor sticks that help keep your head clear as well and make your room smell vaporistic! Maybe that is an option for you.

[alamaz]

Thanks. I have a jar of the vapo rub and didn't even think to try it. i'm not sure if it's gluten-free or not either but if it helps and i just wash my hands right away i'm willing to try it. i have a killer headache and was hoping for some relief so i could sleep. i've started taking plain tylenol to help with the headache. i can't believe i got sick! i'm the queen of never getting colds/flus etc. that go around and this one is just knocking me out.

[buffettbride]

According to the web site, the ingredients appear to be safe:

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[JennyC]

They reformulated them, but did not add any gluten. They just test random products for cross contamination. If there is no gluten in the ingredients, whether it has been tested or not, I consider them to be fine.