FDA Sued for Failing to Keep Gluten Out of Medicines

I have a similar story and we too will be filing a lawsuit against the FDA when our vaccine hearing is complete. We asked the FDA CDC etc. in 2008 to label the tdap containing milk. Milk (& gluten) damages my husband's stomach and prior to vaccine doc noted Iga positive to gluten and casein yet injected vaccine without proper knowledge and labeling. Destroyed his adrenal glands and stomach parietal cells within 7 days. Many letters sent to the FDA etc begging for labeling and their responses are unbelievable. Need to find an attorney for our case.

In UK, this already exists in prescribed medicines.

OTC items are different.

Wishing my USA Coeliac friends..improved health....

I have to take thyroid meds. What good is it if the meds are poisoning me? Yes. Gluten should be labeled everywhere.

My pharmacist studies every drug prescribed for me via the information he can get - before issuing my medications.

I've had so many problems with gluten in my meds and it took me a long time to discover what was the cause.

I'm surprised the FDA isn't concerned about this. If there was otherwise something harmful in the medications they'd be all over it.

Calling wheat 'protein' is a misnomer. It is actually more carbohydrates than protein. It also contains fiber, vitamins, trace metals, and sugar.

A better choice of a word would have been better than 'protein'.

This is not a COURTESY. This is a HEALTH ISSUE.

I took a generic medicines while in the hospital and it made me sicker then the condition that brought me to the hospital. It was not until I got back on the brand name medicines prescribed by my doctor that thing began to clear up. All drug should be labeled gluten-free or non-gluten-free so choices can be made that will enhance well being and healing.

This is huge.

We must have gluten labeled. We must have GMOs labeled. Newest issue: Arsenic in wines. WTH are they thinking?

Yes, medicine should be labeled for people with celiac. Some people take many meds so they may have a constant detrimental affect and we are powerless to even investigate. Even my pharmacist has no way of knowing the fillers or additives from batch to batch coming from overseas suppliers. Especially the generics! Which our insurance wants us to use. I would think that everyone would want to know this, not just celiac patients!

I am tired of asking pharmacists if this medication is gluten free and them telling me they don't know and for me to call the drug company myself. As a pharmacist, they should know this, just as they are supposed to alert you if a medication you may already be taking, will interact poorly with the new medicine.

I've gone to pharmacists who have no idea and I have the prescription transferred. I go to Wegmans now.

But, even there they read the ingredients and aren't sure what is it so they call the company. One of the issues is that companies aren't open on weekends.

Another issue that should be addressed are hospitals that don't know what gluten is and are serving meals that either contain gluten and shouldn't or that aren't balanced... like a pudding cup for dinner because that was all they could find that was labelled gluten free.

I'm glad someone is suing! There is no reason gluten can't clearly be labelled as should peanuts, dyes, wheat, etc.