Is Your Medicine Gluten Free? It’s not enough that those who suffer with coeliac disease have to endure monitoring everything they eat and drink. Gluten (the protein that causes the intestinal damage), is in some medicines too!
Gluten isn’t needed for any medicine to be effective but is commonly used as a thickener or filler to add bulk or shape. Gluten is also a pretty good digestible ‘glue’. So, one of the inactive ingredients in pills, etc. (sometimes called “exipients”) is frequently gluten. Unfortunately, it’s not always listed on the label.
Fortunately, more and more pharmacies are becoming sensitive to the need for many customers to have gluten free medicine. If ...
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If you’ve been diagnosed with coeliac disease and have been following a gluten free diet the chances are that you are feeling a whole lot better. But what if you are still feeling ill despite sticking to your gluten free diet?