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Thanks to all who responded about gluten free birth control. I have been
taking Ortho Cyclen for 8 years and contacted the company the other day
and one time they said it does not contain gluten, but unsure of cross
contam. Another time I called them they said it was gluten free. Below is
the responses I received. I think I will stick with Ortho Cyclen for the
rest of the month and am thinking about switching to Yasmin soon, which is
gf.
Thanks everyone!
RESPONSES I RECEIVED:
I have been using the ortho evra patch for a while now and really like it.
I do feel better about not taking another pill, plus I don't get the side
effects that I got from birth control pills (ie. nausea, vomiting).
I wouldn't worry. MOST pharmaceutical companies say the same thing now.
It's GF.
Hi, I react to everything, including corn (except rices), and used Necon
1/35-28 with no problems. Best wishes.
I take Ortho Novum and the generic Necon and do fine.
Pam, this is the line that virtually every major drug manufacturer puts
out about their products these days. Mostly it means nothing, and mostly
drugs are safely GF. My understanding is that the reason is that the big
drug companies "job" out so many of their drugs to smaller labs, they
actually do not have any control of what may or may not be in those
drugs. It is all just a big cover-their-asses legal kind of thing.
The GOOD news is that almost no prescription drugs, these days, contain
gluten -- or so I've been told by people who know quite a lot about this.
I have also been told (and it has also been my own experience) that a lot
of the smaller labs that are now producing generic drugs actually DO the
entire manufacturing process in-house. Thus, they are often able to tell
the consumer whether or not those drugs are GF -- and, importantly, are
WILLING to provide the consumer this information. Just because they make
generic drugs does not mean that they are inferior manufacturers --
sometimes quite the opposite. I don't take birth control drugs, so know
nothing about what's out there. However, if you can find a drug that is
generic, and contact THAT manufacturer, you might get a far more
satisfying answer. (And your drug will be cheaper, too!)
I am not a medical person -- so take what I say with a grain of salt. But
you might still want to check out what I've been told.
Hi, not sure if you need to be on the pill... but if not and you are a good
candidate for it, an IUD (intra-uterine-device) is a gluten-free long-term
method of birth control.
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