<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to all who responded to my request for a gluten free decongestant! Here are the responses: <<Melaleuca also has a product called CounterAct that is a great sinus headache reliever. It works to relieve congestion and the other symptoms without making you drowsy. [ ] You can read about Melaleuca and the products they offer by direct order at http://melaleuca.com>> ** << Call the folks at stokes ... http://www.stokesrx.com -- I think ... Anyhoo, I have always lived by Alka Selzter Cold Plus for decongestant action. I have seizures, so have been barred from taking the standard stuff ... Natch, Bayer won't confirm/deny GF status of Alka Seltzer, so I called stokes, snuffing into the phone, and it thwocked on my doorstep two days later. Worth the wait [ ] may want to take a peek at a GNC store ... I noticed this weekend their bottles [most of 'em, anyway] now say "free of starch, corn, wheat, gluten" ... etc. but the gluten word was right on the label. They may have some cold remedy thang. >> ** << My husband uses Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Med. It is on the safe list and he has no problems with it.>> ** << I take Allerest, which is over-the-counter and has both a decongenstant and a decongestant/antihistamine version. When I was diagnosed with CD late last April (1998), I checked with the manufacturer and was assured it was gluten-free. I haven't checked since then. The manufacturer is Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.; Woodbridge, New Jersey 800-452-0051. You can also check its web site at http://www.novartis.com/index.html . Also, for a more complete list of alternatives, with manufacturer contact information, you can go to: http://www.pollen.com/about_a_antihist.html . This section of the site is about antihistimines, but there is information for contacting other pharmaceutical companies, many of which may have decongestants. >> ** << sudafed >> ** << I use an herbal remedy made by Red Apple Herbs. It's the one for allergy/hay fever/asthma/sinus. I have an old one with a black lid that's labeled #31a. The main herb is stinging nettle. So, if you can't find Red Apple Herbs at your local health food store, try to get some pure stinging nettle. It works in 20 minutes, but only lasts about 2 hours. But there are no side effects and it's gluten-free. Also do what's called a "sinus rinse." You take purified water at room temperature, add some salt, and then "snort" it through your nose, and spit it out through your mouth. And if you don't get any relief from either of these, take 2 packets of Emergen-C (it's all gluten-free), one in the morning and one at noon, in a glass of water, drinking slowly over a period of a half hour. Emergen-C is packed full of Vitamin C, all the B vitamins and electrolytes and zaps just about everything from hay fever to the common cold.>> ** <<According to Stoke's book, The Comtrex stuff is gf: Allergy-sinus Deepchest cold & Cold & Congrestion Relief Maximum Strenght Max strength Day & Night Max strength Non-drowsy Max Strength Non-Drowsy Cold & Flu Relief Max Strength Cold & Flu Relief >> ** << I used to use Claritin D which I was told by this list is GF. It is prescription. Then I found a natural dietary supplement which worked even better. It is called Tahitian Noni Juice and it is the fruit from a tree in Polynesia also called (Morinda Citrifolia). If you want you can research it on the web (later name). It is a natural antihistamine and it also helps with a host of other of my CD problems and my digestion and arthritis and muscle problems. >> ** <<Try Tylenol/Cold capsules. They are on a gluten-free list. >> ** << clariton >> ** << Might want to try white pine needle tea. Not available in stores but on a tree near you. White pines have long (2 1/2 inches) soft needles bundled in groups of 5--that's how you idenfy them. Rinse needles to remove dirt, then make a tea w/ boiling water, allow to steep. (Add sugar before drinking, if you still can taste, because it taste like swamp water.) It contains a natural expectorant & will relieve congestion. I first tried it at the suggestion of my son on the day of my son's Eagle Scout award ceremony--He found it in his medicinal plants book. I was desperate & don't don't tolerate decongestions well, even if they are g.f. Much to my surprise it worked. I know where the white pines in my neighborhood are when I get desperate. >> ** << Comtrex Deep /Chest Cold and Congestion Relief is GF, according to the Stokes Pharmacy "A guide through the Medicine cabinet." >> ** <<Walmart has a liquid decongestant--Equate Triacting expectorant--I take it and it is great--GF, too >> ** <<My daughter, who has celiacs, has been able to use Comtrex, non-drowsy cold & cough relierf (multi-symptom), Sudafed non-drowsy maximum strength nasal decongestant, Vicks DayQuil liquiCaps multi-symptom cold/flu relief also non-drowsy.>> WEBSITE: http://www.idsl.net/celiac/day2day/day2day.htm#pge Thanks everyone! Heather