New To Celiac, Want To Make Sure My Medications Are Okay

[Beloved]

Hello, I've just been diagnosed with Celiac and one of my friends who's very up on common medical problems gave me "Living Gluten-Free for Dummies" which has been extremely helpful. In the book, the writer mentions you should check medications for gluten too.

How do I find out if the Trinessa I take for birth control and the Levothyroxine I take for Hashimoto's are gluten free?

Thanks!

[happygirl]

I would call your pharmacy and ask them to contact the company to find out if they are gluten free.

[ravenwoodglass]

You can call the company yourself. The pharmacey should have the insert that came with the drug, this will have the companies name and possibly the phone number. Some pharmacists are clueless when it comes to gluten so I try to contact them myself when possible. Another thing you can try is putting the name of the drug into a search engine along with the word gluten, sometimes that will get you a clear answer also. Or try the makers name and the word gluten, some of them have web lists of their gluten free products.

[Lisa]

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This might be helpful.

[Beloved]

Thanks very much! I'll call the Pharmacy and ask them.