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tdrew Rookie

Anybody have any info on Zetia or Niaspan? Gluten-free or not?

Thanks!

Tom


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This is a link to this sites gluten free medications. Hope this helps :D

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I know that Lipitor is gluten-free....my dad has high cholesterol and uses it. Since I have just slightly high cholesterol, my mom thought it would be interesting to know if it was or wasn't gluten-free--even though I don't need medication for cholesterol at this point.

But I didn't see either of the two drugs you mentioned on the list. Contact the manufacturer and they should give you an answer.

tdrew Rookie

The Celiac.com resource was the first place I checked, with no luck. And the drug mfg don't have email links on their websites. Guess it's time for a phone call on Monday.

Tom

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Just for future reference, here's another gluten-free medications list:

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Which I got from Open Original Shared Link

cdford Contributor

I checked on the Niaspan about a month ago and it was gluten-free.

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