My boys also have asthma  and are milk, peanut and shellfish anaphylactic. 
Singulair in the 5mg dosage does not use lactose as a binder but the 10mg 
does.  They seem to do fine with the 5mg so the dose hasn't changed. 
however, if they required a higher dose they would just take two 5mg instead 
of one 10mg. Calritin and allavert i the "reditab" that melt in your mouth 
is also dairy free.  Hope this helps....
Beth


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. Pellerin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: any thoughts on prescriptions containing dairy?


> Just a question from a curious parent, as my milk allergic child is 
> nowhere
> near ready to start popping pills but Singulair was offered for his 
> asthma.
>
> Is the lactose a problem for those with lactose intolerance (which I 
> totally
> understand) or also for those with the milk protein allergy (which my kid
> has)?  This particular hiccup never occurred to me and I must thank the
> original poster for mentioning this.  This is valuable information for
> future prescriptions for my son!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Eric Schlesinger 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, my Dad was research Director for Schering for a long time, and he
>> warned me about the lactose in many, many pills - including and
>> especially (in his opinion) multi-vitamins, where it's used to separate
>> layers of reactive vitamins from one another.  It's cheap, easy to get,
>> and very very inert.  However, I've never heard that pharm-grade lactose
>> was advertised not to have LI or allergic effects - all I ever knew was
>> that it was purified so that there were no contaminants (minerals and
>> such) that might impact or interact with any of the desired effects of
>> the medications.  My Dad certainly believed that it would cause
>> reactions in me.
>>
>> Weavre Cooper wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> Loratadine is a generic name for what used to be Schering's Claritin.
>> Allavert 24-hour tabs (no water required, if you can stand the taste)
>> have not had lactose for a long time, while most of the other OTCs do.
>> However, they have a new flavor out, and I've never checked that one.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>