Why not go to a compounding pharmacy to have what you need made without 
dairy contamination?  That can be done with a RX.


At 07:27 PM 2/25/2008 -0500, Colleen Barrett wrote:
>I am a nurse practitioner, and my advice regarding the birth control would =
>be to go with a different form such as the NuvaRing, the OrthoEvra patch or=
>  the Depot provera injection.=20
>Colleen Barrett> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:44:38 -0800> From: amandahemmeri=
>[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: any thoughts on prescriptions containing dairy?>=
>  To: [log in to unmask]> > I have been trying to find a lactose-fre=
>e birth> control pill. I read about Demulin, but my pharmacist> told me it =
>is no longer available. If anyone knows of> any other brands, please share!=
> > > Thank you.> > amanda> > --- Weavre Cooper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> >=
>  > Hello,> > > > Since there's one active discussion here at the> > moment,=
>  I thought I'd toss> > out another one as well: has anyone else had> > prob=
>lems with medicines> > containing pharmaceutical grade lactose?> > > > Phar=
>maceutical grade lactose is supposedly> > "purified" so well that it won't>=
>  > trigger an allergic reaction in people sensitive to> > dairy. Of course,=
>  I> > didn't even know this until I was in the hospital> > after a reaction=
>  caused by> > the pharmaceutical grade lactose!> > > > It's a VERY common i=
>ngredient in medications> > delivered in tablet or powder> > form. I'm thri=
>lled that Advair came out with its new> > HFA delivery method,> > which doe=
>sn't use lactose as its binding agent. And,> > I'm glad my insurance> > com=
>pany approved my using the children's chewable> > Singulair after I had a> =
> > reaction to the adult formula--which contains> > lactose. Even if they we=
>re> > going to use this in medications not related to> > allergy, why is la=
>ctose used> > in allergy medications? Am I one of a very few> > people sens=
>itive enough to> > have had a problem with this, or have others also> > exp=
>erienced difficulties?> > If it's happening to more than a couple of us, is=
> > > there anyone else who'd be> > interested in trying to request a change =
>from the> > manufacturers?> > > > Loratadine ... Singulair ... regular Adva=
>ir ... and> > sooo many others ... I'm> > sure it drives my pharmacist and =
>doctors nuts trying> > to find substitutes for> > all the pills that contai=
>n lactose. I've certainly> > gotten to know my> > pharmacist as well as any=
>  of the rest of my health> > care team because of this> > issue!> > > > Any=
>  thoughts from anyone else?> > Weavre Cooper> > > > > > > > _______________=
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