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Dear List:

Thanks for all the great feedback.  The surgery was yesterday (11/30).  The
patient seems to be doing well.

Debby

GFAntibiotics:

Cipro is gf

Not GF
doxycycline is not GF

GF Pain meds:

Darvocet is GF

Websites with info:
www.stokesrx.com
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2679/gluten.html
www.rxlist.com
http://www.celiac.com/products.html
Clan Thompson publishes a list of Gluten-free prescription medications
www.clanthompson.com
The Gluten Intolerance Group, www.gluten.net publishes a "Hospital Guide".
"The hospital Guide is a mustfor
persons with CD anticipating a hospital stay. Includes explicit instructions
for hospital dietitians."

Over-the-counter GF
Extra Strength Tylenol Caplets
Extra Strength Tylenol Liquid
Extra Strength Tylenol PM Gelcaps
Imodium AD Caplets
Maximum Strength Tylenol Allergy Sinus Caplets
Motrin IB Tablets
Motrin IB Caplets
Multi-Symptom Tylenol Cold Tablets
Tylenol Arthritis Extended Relief Caplets

General info:

Be sure to check with the physician and have him write the prescriptions
ahead of time or at least have the physician provide you a list of potential
medications. Check with the pharmacy where the prescriptions will be filled
to check on the gluten status.

I check all meds with manufacturer before using. Name brands are much
better about not using gluten then Generics. He needs to make sure the
Dr. and the man putting him to sleep know ahead of time, so it can all
be checked. It can take several hours sometimes to get a definite answer
back from these companies. I would not want to be on the table when they
figured out that something needed to be verified for content.

If he is not also allergic wheat as well as celiac, then those meds that
are given by IV don't have to be GF. And the antibiotics are usually
administered that way.

When I had surgery, I took the GIG guidelines for visits to the hospital
to conferences with the dietitian and pharmacy at the hospital BEFORE
the surgery. I also conferenced with the surgeon about my GF needs.
Anesthesia is no problem to Celiacs; IV injections or shots are not
either-it's only by mouth medication and food. Since the pharmacy at the
hospital could not guarantee GF medicine, my surgeon told me the names
of the antibiotics and pain medicine that he planned for use-we got the
pharmaceutical house that produced each one and called them to check GF
BEFORE the surgery. When I was in the hospital, by the time I was ready
for medicine by mouth, my husband took my surgeon's prescription to my
drugstore, picked it up and brought it to me at the hospital. The
hospital had in writing my doctor's permission to have me as a patient
bring my own medicine and they administered it to me.  All this is to
say, that it's best to talk and plan food and medicine before the surgery.

When I have surgery, I am given morphine at first. Morphine does not sit
well with celiacs as we overreact. But it is something they all do for
pain.  Later on, I am given darvocet 100mg to take 4x a day as needed.

They give me IV antibiotic and it is vancomycin

Get a list of the meds and then call Stokes pharmacy in NJ...they have
an 800 no, are open reg office hours during the week and will tell you
at no charge if the drugs are gf and lactose free. Very nice...very helpful