Gluten Free ADHD medications

[Gluten is bad]

I have Celiac, and just got diagnosed with ADHD as well, but the internet is not being helpful in researching which meds are safe for me or not. Does anyone know off the top of their heads which ones are safe? 

[Scott Adams]

You can search this site for prescriptions medications, but will need to know the manufacturer/maker if there is more than one, especially if you use a generic version of the medication:

To see the ingredients you will need to click on the correct version of the medication and maker in the results, then scroll down to "Ingredients and Appearance" and click it, and then look at "Inactive Ingredients," as any gluten ingredients would likely appear there, rather than in the Active Ingredients area.

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

 

[cristiana]

@Gluten is bad

Hi!  I just caught this post, and am writing on the off-chance that you might be based in the UK.  If so, I was told some years ago by a pharmacist that in the UK that if a medicine has a Product Licence printed on the packaging, which will appear as the letters PL plus a long number.... for example....  PL 4525908 (making that number up!) it will be gluten free.  

I have just checked this on an NHS website, and indeed it appears to be true.  According to the same website, all medications prescribed by GPs in the UK are gluten free.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/food-and-nutrition/special-diets/gluten-free-diet/#medicines

The same NHS website also makes a very good point.  You might take a gluten-free medication prescribed by a GP that might set off symptoms very similar to a glutening.  Like some meds cause stomach pain or diarrhea, but that doesn't mean they contain gluten.

Obviously, if you are purchasing medication from overseas, the above might not apply.

Hope this is helpful, and that you can get your medication soon - I have an acquaintance who has had to wait some time.

Cristiana

Edited November 12, 2024 by cristiana

[Scott Adams]

I guess using "GF" instead of "PL" would have been too easy! 😉

[Wheatwacked]

I take Clonidine for blood pressure control.  It is the only one that did not debiltate me.  It also helps with my ADD.  Doctors always turned me down when I requested Ritalin (I am an adult) so it turned out for the best that I reacted badly to all the different BP meds they tried.

Originally Clonidine was developed for ADHD adolescents that could not tolerate Ritalin.  

[Scott Adams]

Does it do well for your BP control?

[knitty kitty]

I had ADHD symptoms but taking Thiamine (Benfotiamine and Allithiamine TTFD), magnesium and potassium really helped with symptoms.  

A diet high in carbohydrates can precipitate Thiamine deficiency symptoms that resemble ADHD.  Extra thiamine is needed to convert carbohydrates to energy. 

Dr. Derrick Lonsdale has an explanation...

 https://hormonesmatter.com/adhd-diet-thiamine/

https://hormonesmatter.com/sugar-intake-and-thiamine/

Hope this helps!

[Wheatwacked]

  On 11/13/2024 at 5:41 PM, Scott Adams said:

Does it do well for your BP control?

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Yes,  Lisinopril gave me an inguinal hernia from the persistant cough. Amlodipine doubled urine output and dry eyes so I could not wear contacts, another had me walking bent over like a ninety year old and one knocked out control of my quadracepts so knees would give out.  None lowered my blood pressure. Average BP  132/67 for Oct 21 - 26.  Lowest was 100/59. High 157/62.

Edited November 14, 2024 by Wheatwacked