Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Bill Hits the Senate

This is great news! So happy to read. Hoping to see this pass with flying colors! ?

Gluten should be written on the RX and they should have the same meds without gluten due to people with a severe disease of Celiac

It would be great if it passes.  I've spent countless hours over the past few years trying to find out if my meds are gluten-free. 

However, Big Pharma is fighting this so it is absolutely critical that each of us contact our US Senators to inform them of the importance of passing this legislation.  Please do so

Lactose needs to be added to this bill - it’s a very commonMy used filler.

I believe soy and gluten  should be labelled in meds.  The meds can be worse than the original condition.

You are attempting to have the mfgs divulge what has been a deep mystery; however, I believe you will end up with “just if there is gluten” and not the rest of the ingredients. They will be very leary to do this. That said, if you do succeed, they will have to list them on the insert sheet for each medicine, and this could have ramifications in the Big Farma World. There are so many toxins, plus aborted fetal tissue, DNA from monkeys, aluminium and thimerisol (mercury) in vaccines, and the list goes on. Good Luck in your endeavour.

I am 81 years old and have refused all prescription drugs because I had a doctor tell me that they put Gluten in prescription drugs shortly after I was diagnosed about 12 years ago.  So far I have been able to find a Natural Remedy for my medical problems.   After being diagnosed with AFIB, I started taking Magnesium, Co-Enzyme Q-10, Krill oil.  It took a couple of weeks but my heart calmed down and no further problem.  I continue to take my Natural  Meds. daily.  I am also careful when purchasing Natural Meds.  Some of them may contain Gluten.  Now Foods  was the first one to go Gluten free.  Other's have followed suit.

I am gluten- and lactose intolerant and I have arthritis too. Not so long ago I could not find Plaquenil without lactose, so I had to buy them in the States and have my daughter send them to me. I was ridiculed because they thouht that a little lactose never could do me any harm! Same with my diabetes. I was taken to the hospital because of low sugar coma and they gave me a glucogen shot in the ambulance. It made me very sick, because this contains gluten!  I could not go to the bathroom for days, so they advised me to take Movicolon, which contains more gluten! So now I have tokeep my suger level high, to avoid getting into a coma again!

But...

There is a very big push (and I'm not getting political here) from current Democrat candidates for allowing non-US pharmaceuticals into the US. Since most of the rest of the world, particularly where socialized healthcare is the norm, does not have the same requirements US labelers do, would such legislation be all that effective? Seems this would require US pharmas who import all classes of pharmaceuticals to sample every batch they receive to ensure proper labeling. OR, a simple statement saying something like "This has not been tested to US standards for gluten ingredients or contamination."

I hope this passes but with this Congress who knows.

8 hours ago, Elisabeth Gerritsen said:

I am gluten- and lactose intolerant and I have arthritis too. Not so long ago I could not find Plaquenil without lactose, so I had to buy them in the States and have my daughter send them to me. I was ridiculed because they thouht that a little lactose never could do me any harm! Same with my diabetes. I was taken to the hospital because of low sugar coma and they gave me a glucogen shot in the ambulance. It made me very sick, because this contains gluten!  I could not go to the bathroom for days, so they advised me to take Movicolon, which contains more gluten! So now I have tokeep my suger level high, to avoid getting into a coma again!

 Go to Open Original Shared Link  You should pull up an article that was written by Dr. mercola that might give you some good information.  I know that Ashwagandha, Vitamin D, and Fermented foods also help.  I personally cannot have a B.M with out help, and the only thing that I have found that has helped me for the past 11 years is (Deturge...by Energique)  I order this online.  

What makes you think that Pharmaceutical Medicines in the U.S. are Gluten free?  I have Celiac and I refuse to take any prescription because it probably has Gluten in it.  One of my doctors told me that they put Gluten in prescription drugs some 11 years ago, when I was first diagnosed.  I have talked with other Celiac's who have been glutened and gotten sick after taking prescription drugs.  A law needs to be passed that would require drug companies to state this on their meds.