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Gf Antibiotic?

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jmengert Enthusiast
jmengert
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Hi, everyone--I think I'm developing a kidney infection, and this will be my first antibiotic since going gluten-free. Before I see the doctor so I can have some recommendations, does anyone know an antibiotic that is definitely gluten-free? (and hopefully not too harsh on the digestive system, either?)?

Thanks for any help!

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Hi Julie,

Go to www.glutenfreedrugs.com. There is a bunch of antibiotics we can take. If what you want is not on it your md can probobly find one that is. Just be careful of generic brands. I hear they can sometimes have gluten in them. :(

Feel better.

Sue

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I use this site to determine if my meds are gluten-free.

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For example, if you were given tylenol 1, Click on T under Complete Pharmaceutical Monographs, look for tylenol 1, click on it, and read the ingredients usually at the bottom under Availability And Storage:

"Each capsule-shaped, blue tablet, engraved "ESTAC" one side and "500" the other side contains: chlorzoxazone 250 mg and acetaminophen 500 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: carnauba wax, cellulose, cornstarch, FD&C blue No. 1, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, sodium starch glycolate and titanium dioxide. Energy: 1.1 KJ (0.26 kcal). Sodium: <1 mmol (0.7 mg). Gluten-, lactose- and tartrazine-free. Plastic bottles of 18† and 40."

Or... you could just ask your pharmacist to find out for you B)

Good luck with everything.

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Get your pharmacist to look for you and they should permanently put on your computer file since everything is computerized that you are gluten intolerant. This should flag meds that get prescribed to you that contain gluten.

jmengert Enthusiast
jmengert
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Thanks for all of your help! I'll check the websites that you all mentioned. Unfortunately, my pharmacist is not very helpful about gluten free drugs--he kept telling me to contact the company, when I knew that there was more he should have been able to do. (I go to Rite-Aid, so maybe I'll switch to another pharmacy).

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There are several antibiotics that we can use and the appropriate one will vary by what particular critters you need to kill.

Julie, if there is a Kroger near you, check out their pharmacy. We have used two different ones over the last few years and their pharmacists have been diligent about checking meds for us. If they are really busy, they will let me know and I can make the calls or wait an extra day to get the meds. Our records are marked clearly on the system and everyone there knows to check every med prior to filling.

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