Creon

[beegal]

Hi There,

I saw some older posts about Creon. I was prescribed this recently and tried calling the manufacturer (on hold over an hour with transferred three times), and still no one could confirm that this is gluten free. I am so frustrated with trying to call manufacturers about meds only to be told they do not have that information and will escalate it to their medical department. How can a company not know if their product contains gluten?! I know one thing for sure, I want to get involved with lobbying for better laws/ regulations for labeling prescription meds. I take very few, but anytime I have been prescribed something and want to confirm the med Is gluten free, it's like pulling teeth to get any info, and never timely. I have taken digestive enzymes for years, and that always helps, but does anyone know of something similar to Creon that is gluten free? I also want to check out the gliadin x, even though I know this is specific for breaking down gluten. I already have an enzyme from a different company for this/ any cross contamination. The Creon would be for diarrhea I still have/ and a diagnosis of bile acid diarrhea.

Thanks for your thoughts!

[RMJ]

Looking at the prescribing information (see section 11 in link) CREON does not have any ingredients that would be expected to contain gluten. The ingredients are all pretty refined and thus also unlikely to be contaminated.

If the enzymes were produced by bacteria one would have to look into the media the bacteria were grown in, but this is NOT the case.  In CREON the enzymes are an extract from pig pancreatic glands.

I think it is unlikely that CREON contains gluten. I agree, it would be so nice if manufacturers had to label drugs that contained gluten.

CREON prescribing information

[beegal]

3 minutes ago, RMJ said:

Looking at the prescribing information (see section 11 in link) CREON does not have any ingredients that would be expected to contain gluten. The ingredients are all pretty refined and thus also unlikely to be contaminated.

If the enzymes were produced by bacteria one would have to look into the media the bacteria were grown in, but this is NOT the case.  In CREON the enzymes are an extract from pig pancreatic glands.

I think it is unlikely that CREON contains gluten. I agree, it would be so nice if manufacturers had to label drugs that contained gluten.

CREON prescribing information

Agree with all you said too...!

[Scott Adams]

You can see the active and inactive ingredients here, and it looks gluten-free but I did not look at every version:

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

[Katie17]

I just spent 30 minutes on hold with Abbvie to be told their CREON doesn't contain gluten ingredients but they do not test it to confirm it's safe for Celiac patients. I'm curious if your script was from this same manufacturer and if you took it safely? Thanks so much.