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Venlafaxine HCL ER - Zydus Pharmaceuticals


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kels35 Newbie

Hi everyone! I was recently prescribed venlafaxine HCL ER (the generic of Effexor) produced by Zydus Pharmaceuticals. I know the brand name drug is gluten free but the water is always murky when dealing with generics. Can anyone find gluten information on their website or know of a number I can call to confirm? I tried reaching out via email and have not heard back. 


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Scott Adams Grand Master

Please search the ingredients of it here:

https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ 

kels35 Newbie
2 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

Please search the ingredients of it here:

https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/ 

Thanks Scott! I already tried that here. Is the best course of action just to google each specific ingredient since gluten does not have to specifically be identified?  

RMJ Mentor

Here are the inactive ingredients.  None of these should contain gluten.  You would need to ask the manufacturer if there is any risk of contamination. In the unlikely event that there was contamination, the amount you might ingest from a small capsule would be very, very tiny.

SILICON DIOXIDE (UNII: ETJ7Z6XBU4)  

CETOSTEARYL ALCOHOL (UNII: 2DMT128M1S)  

GELATIN (UNII: 2G86QN327L)  

HYPROMELLOSES (UNII: 3NXW29V3WO)  

CELLULOSE, MICROCRYSTALLINE (UNII: OP1R32D61U)  

ETHYL ACRYLATE AND METHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER (2:1; 750000 MW) (UNII: P2OM2Q86BI)  

SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (UNII: 368GB5141J)  

TALC (UNII: 7SEV7J4R1U)  

TITANIUM DIOXIDE (UNII: 15FIX9V2JP)  

FERRIC OXIDE RED (UNII: 1K09F3G675)  

FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE (UNII: XM0M87F357)

kels35 Newbie
4 minutes ago, RMJ said:

Here are the inactive ingredients.  None of these should contain gluten.  You would need to ask the manufacturer if there is any risk of contamination. In the unlikely event that there was contamination, the amount you might ingest from a small capsule would be very, very tiny.

SILICON DIOXIDE (UNII: ETJ7Z6XBU4)  

CETOSTEARYL ALCOHOL (UNII: 2DMT128M1S)  

GELATIN (UNII: 2G86QN327L)  

HYPROMELLOSES (UNII: 3NXW29V3WO)  

CELLULOSE, MICROCRYSTALLINE (UNII: OP1R32D61U)  

ETHYL ACRYLATE AND METHYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER (2:1; 750000 MW) (UNII: P2OM2Q86BI)  

SODIUM LAURYL SULFATE (UNII: 368GB5141J)  

TALC (UNII: 7SEV7J4R1U)  

TITANIUM DIOXIDE (UNII: 15FIX9V2JP)  

FERRIC OXIDE RED (UNII: 1K09F3G675)  

FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE (UNII: XM0M87F357)

Thank you all! I am a very recent celiac diagnosis and accidentally took a medication with gluten in it a few months ago so I am just weary! 

trents Grand Master

Best way to check for CC might be to call the manufacturer and ask if the med is produced on a dedicated line. You can get the manufacturer's phone number from the pharmacy vendor that handles it.

Call me Sammy Newbie

Is it feasible to get the brand-name version of the drug? 


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trents Grand Master
5 minutes ago, Call me Sammy said:

Is it feasible to get the brand-name version of the drug? 

We have that information. The problem is with the generic that the OP actually uses.

Call me Sammy Newbie
7 minutes ago, trents said:

We have that information. The problem is with the generic that the OP actually uses.

I think you misread what I was asking. 

trents Grand Master

Yes, I did. My bad.

21 minutes ago, Call me Sammy said:

I think you misread what I was asking. 

 

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