Gluten Free Medication:

Be Safe And Think Ahead!

How Do I Ensure I Am Getting Gluten Free Medication?

Tips For Dealing with Doctors, Pharmacists and Staff (Especially if they are not your local)

It can be best to ask to talk to the pharmacist when you drop the script in, this way they will know exactly where to look to see if the product contains gluten. This may stop flustered shop assistants getting confused of mislaying your request.

Tell them exactly what your allergies are and get them to bring out there latest copy of the MIMS - Which has pictures at the top of the drug headings indicating if they product is wheat free. (There is also a website that can be looked up.)

Sometimes the drug pack could also indicate if the product contains wheat.

Ask at the Doctors to the exact name of the Gluten Free Medication, and to put a no substitution comment on the script, when you have found the gluten free variety.

And remember Pharmacists deal with thousands of different products and dosages so you can not expect them to know the ingredients of every single item in there shop... Imagine memorizing the ingredients of every item in your house hold... Not so easy is it so be helpful and polite and let them look it up.

* If you are concerned about a medication, always ask, and if it contains gluten, do not take it. Always consult a health professional.

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