I have been trying to find a lactose-free 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
> problems with medicines
> containing pharmaceutical grade lactose?
> 
> Pharmaceutical 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 ingredient in medications
> delivered in tablet or powder
> form. I'm thrilled that Advair came out with its new
> HFA delivery method,
> which doesn't use lactose as its binding agent. And,
> I'm glad my insurance
> company approved my using the children's chewable
> Singulair after I had a
> reaction to the adult formula--which contains
> lactose. Even if they were
> going to use this in medications not related to
> allergy, why is lactose used
> in allergy medications? Am I one of a very few
> people sensitive enough to
> have had a problem with this, or have others also
> experienced 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 Advair ... and
> sooo many others ... I'm
> sure it drives my pharmacist and doctors nuts trying
> to find substitutes for
> all the pills that contain 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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