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Barium Study

mygfworld

By mygfworld
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mygfworld Apprentice
mygfworld
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I have to have a barium study done. Does anyone if barium is gluten free? Or which brands are gluten free??? I called and asked, but I don't get the impression they understood what I needed very well. The nurse kept telling me what it tastes like. Makes me very nervous. Hoping it goes well. Can't have a reaction now.

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No all of them are not gluten free. Have your doctor write on the orders for the test that you need gluten free solution. In my experience the gluten-free ones are thin, like water. I wish I could remember the name of the solution they used after I was diagnosed but perhaps someone else will know.

sa1937 Community Regular
sa1937
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If you are talking about a barium sulfate solution, VoLumen is gluten free. I had the hospital check before I had an abdominal CT scan.

SGWhiskers Collaborator
SGWhiskers
Posted

Varibar is gluten free as well. I would ask to speak to the radiology techs and get the manufacturer of the items that will be used and call the company directly. Be aware that if the area is used for modified barium swallows or video flouroscopies by a speech pathologist, there may be cookie crumbs cross contaminating the area. I'm a speech pathologist, and I use gluten free cookies, but the straws that are used at my facility would have the ability to be cross contaminated by my crumbs. Hmmm. I must change that.

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