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I contacted the company Takeda Chemical Industries, and they read the  
ingredients, which included cornstarch and seemed fine.  They could not  guarantee a 
gluten free status because the product comes from a  distributor.  (My guess 
is to avoid liabilty).  I started taking the  medication 2 nights ago and so 
far have not had any adverse effects.  I  usually react to small amounts of 
gluten so I think I would know by know if  there was gluten in the medication.
 
I received several responses.
 
Two suggestions for 
_www.glutenfreedrugs.com_ (http://www.glutenfreedrugs.com)  (maintained  by a 
pharmacist)
According to this site, it is gluten free.
 
Another response that included the ingredients: 
This comes from _www.rxlist.com_ (mip://029c8868/www.rxlist.com)    All of 
the  excipients are well defined and appear to be g.f: 
ATACAND is available for  _oral_ (javascript:defwindow('oral'))  use as 
tablets containing either 4  mg, 8 mg, 16 mg, or 32 _mg_ 
(javascript:defwindow('mg'))  of candesartan cilexetil and the  following inactive ingredients: 
hydroxypropyl cellulose, _polyethylene_ (javascript:defwindow('polyethylene'))  
glycol, lactose, _corn_ (javascript:defwindow('corn'))  starch, 
carboxymethylcellulose  calcium, and _magnesium_ (javascript:defwindow('magnesium'))  stearate. 
Ferric _oxide_ (javascript:defwindow('oxide'))  (reddish brown) is added to the  
8-mg, 16-mg, and 32-mg tablets as a colorant.
 
One person suggested an Australian-based website:
 
Atacand

http://www.mydr.com.au/drugs/cmi.asp?cmicode=5651&prodcode=402201


Atacand  Plus

http://www.mydr.com.au/drugs/cmi.asp?cmicode=2257&prodcode=556401


Both  state that Atacand or Atacand Plus do not contain gluten.

This web-site  is an Australian website by the group that supplies medicine 
information to  the doctors.
Whilst these get manufactured over here under licence they must  have the 
same ingredients than the original
 
One person takes Atacand and that  version is GF, by her latest info, but the 
manufacturer is  Astra
 
Thanks to everyone who  responded!
 
~Eleis in  NY

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