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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