<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Because I was unable to obtain ANY commercial formulation of doxyclycline
without ingredients I react to (see post on 5/21 "Difficulty of finding GF
drugs") I was forced to find a compounding pharmacy which made capsules
from the "pure" drug (plus lactose and I never react to lactose).
I have been getting a very strong DH reaction to this. The pharmacist
said the drug has "87% activity" which he interprets to mean that it has
about 13% inactive ingredients which are left over from the frementation
process. These could presumeably contain some of the feedstock used
which might well contain grain.
What might be the reaction if a celiac had to take such a drug intraveniously?
It seems to me that this is a very serious problem which needs to be
addressed as soon as possible.
By the time you need the drug it just too late!
Jim Barron
Chapel Hill NC