<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Miscellaneous Notes:
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President's Corner: I hope all of you are getting prepared for the
upcoming Holidays. PLEASE be sure to stress a few things to whomever
is preparing the Holiday meals. Make sure the turkey is gluten-free
(GF); you might even offer to buy it yourself and bring it to them.
The turkey can NOT be stuffed with a gluten stuffing, if you are to
eat it. Take a few minutes and call each person making specific
dishes and tell them how they can make that dish GF. DO NOT eat the
filling from the pie and leave the crust--the crust contaminates the
entire pie. Make a GF desert to bring. If you are unsure about the
turkey, make yourself a cornish game hen, and bring it with you. Make
sure your family members understand how SERIOUS this is. Above all,
enjoy the holidays, but please stay GF.--Mary Guerriero
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Editor's Corner: "Technical difficulties", it said. I'm referring to
the notice you received INSTEAD of a Sprue-nik Press last month. My
reply is: Bah! Humbug! There were no "technical difficulties". No,
what you had were "editorial" difficulties; I just didn't get the job
done. I sort of let my "plate" of activities get a little overloaded
this fall, and as a result I was dropping balls left and right. I've
picked most of them back up now, and I hope to do a little better job
of keeping up with things from now on.
We've attempted to make up for last month's omission by sending you an
extra large Sprue-nik this time. You'll notice a plethora of articles
from the Sullivans (many, many thanks) covering recent meetings and
conferences. You'll also find a small truckload of articles and short
pieces from other newsletters, as I tried to get caught up with the
huge stack of newsletters I had from other groups. I failed, of
course; I still have another two dozen newsletters to get through yet.
Well, that'll give me something to do for the January newsletter.
You'll also find a list of meeting dates and locations for the other
Michigan groups, something I had left out of the last few issues.
--Jim Lyles
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You know you're a celiac if...
...your Chinese food order is always the same. "Plain white rice,
please!"
...at restaurants you spend most of your time in the restroom.
...your doggie bag contains your entire meal (except lettuce.)
...you've thrown a temper tantrum when your computer wouldn't
connect to: http://rdz.acor.org/lists/celiac/index.html
...you've ever been so hungry you could eat dirt.
...you've actually eaten dirt.
You know you're a celiac if...
...you didn't think this was very funny. --Diane Wright
Gluten-Free Pharmaceuticals:
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The following charts contain information from Heidi A. Pillen, Pharm.
D., of the Pharmaceutical Services at Beaumont Hospital, in southeast
Michigan. Our thanks go to Dr. Alexander, our physician advisor, for
providing us with this information:
Bulk-Forming Agents as of September 28, 1998
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Product: Metamucil
Manufacturer: Proctor & Gamble
Gluten-Free?: NO-wafers; YES-powdered form
Comments: Wafers contain wheat flour. All varieties/flavors of
powdered formulation are gluten-free.
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Product: Citrucel
Manufacturer: SK-Beecham
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: They do not add glutens to product, but raw materials/
final product are not tested for presence of glutens.
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Product: Unifiber
Manufacturer: Niche
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: No additional comments.
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Product: Maltsupex
Manufacturer: Wallace
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: All Wallace products are gluten-free, but they are
unable to provide written confirmation.
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Product: Fibercon
Manufacturer: Lederle
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: Not able to guarantee at this time. In process of
testing final product. Contents not yet verified.
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Product: Fiberall
Manufacturer: Heritage Cross
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: Contains no wheat products, but does contain oat bran
that may contain trace amounts [of gluten].
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Product: Konsyl
Manufacturer: Konsyl
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: Recommended by the Celiac Disease Foundation.
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Product: Perdiem
Manufacturer: Novartis Consumer
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: Product not tested for the presence of glutens.
Antispasmodics as of August 17, 1998
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Generic Name: Atropine
Brand Name: NA
Manufacturer: Eli Lilly (0.4 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 0.4-1.2 mg, every 4-6 hours
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: All Eli Lilly products are gluten-free.
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Generic Name: Clidinium Bromide
Brand Name: Quarzan
Manufacturer: Roche (2.5 or 5 mg caps)
Usual Dose: 2.5-5 mg, 3-4 times daily
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: No additional comments.
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Generic Name: Dicyclomine
Brand Name: Bentyl
Manufacturer: Hoechst-Marion (10 & 20 mg caps; 20 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 80-160 mg/day, in 4 divided doses
Gluten-Free?: YES (all products)
Comments: No additional comments.
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Generic Name: Glycopyrrolate
Brand Name: Robinul
Manufacturer: Wyeth-Ayerst (1 & 2 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 1 mg, 3 times daily; or 2 mg, 2 or 3 times daily
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: No additional comments.
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Generic Name: L-hyoscamine
Brand Name: Levsin, Levsin SL, Levbid
Manufacturer: Schwarz-Pharma (0.125 mg or 0.375 mg)
Usual Dose: 0.125-0.25 mg, 3 or 4 times daily; or 0.375-0.75 mg,
twice daily
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: SL product contains only corn-derived excipients, but
final product not tested for glutens. Inactive
excipients of other products not known.
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Generic Name: Mepenzolate Bromide
Brand Name: Cantil
Manufacturer: Hoechst-Marion (25 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 25-50 mg, 4 times daily
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: No additional comments.
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Generic Name: Methscopolamine
Brand Name: Pamine
Manufacturer: Upjohn (2.5 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 2.5 mg, 4 times daily
Gluten-Free?: ?
Comments: Excipients are gluten-free, but final product not
tested.
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Generic Name: Propantheline Bromide
Brand Name: Pro-Banthine
Manufacturer: Roberts (7.5 & 15 mg tabs)
Usual Dose: 15 mg, 4 times daily
Gluten-Free?: YES
Comments: No additional comments.
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