We use the Gummi vites for multi vitamin, omega 3's and calcium suplement 
(when the boys were younger) Whole foods also carries a couple of really 
good vitamin lines that offer dairy free formulations besides gummi type 
ones.

Beth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R. Pellerin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: any thoughts on prescriptions containing dairy?


> Thank you. That's good to know...and now I am going to check his
> multivitamins (Wal-Mart brand).
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Eric Schlesinger 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Lactose is the sugar, not the protein.  From what I've seen of
>> inforamtion about the purification process, it should be free of casein,
>> the protein.  HOWEVER, there are also notes in what I can find about
>> level of purification of the lactose and I have no way of finding the
>> specifics of them - so, while I tend to believe that any concentration
>> of the protein in pharma-grade lactose would be miniscule, I certainly
>> don't know that for sure, as I don't know what concentrations might be a
>> problem with severe allergy to it (I am fortunate in that I'm "merely"
>> severely LI and don't have a true allergy).
>>
>> Now, if he's old enough to have taken (for example) most multivitamins
>> (Centrum, Theragren among them, but NOT One-a-day which does not have
>> lactose in them) and has not had any reaction, I'd suspect he's probably
>> okay with most medications containing pharma-grade lactose.  If not, I'd
>> be very cautious about it until he's had something like that in a
>> controlled environment..
>>
>> There's no easy answer, unfortunately.
>>
>>
>>
>> R. Pellerin wrote:
>> > 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!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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