>Another place you have to look for lactose is in the
> newer inhalers for asthma.  Of course someone who has
a lactose intolerance
> would react, but it is generally considered safe for
those with a milk
> protein allergy.

You don't eat the medicine in inhalers. Lactose
intolerance = lactase defficiency. You'd only have GI
symptoms if it's eaten, but no expected symtoms if
inhaled.

That said, I often wonder whether lactose, being protein-
free, can still provoke either and IgE- or IgG-mediated
reaction. That's what's a the crux of the matter.

Anybody know if that's been studied?

Mark