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. 
Colleen Barrett> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:44:38 -0800> From: [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-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> > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> 
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