Gluten Free Medications
If you have gluten intollerance it is important when you are ill that you have gluten free medications. Being ill is bad enough and can have its own complications without overlaying onto this any further issues which will arise from the introduction of gluten into your system. Remember that, as a celiac, gluten in your system can overload your immune system leading to you becoming ill and this is the last thing you want to do when you have an existing illness.
Make sure that the doctor or pharmacist are aware that you need gluten free medications, this is particularly important if you are not being treated by your own doctor, for example if you are on holiday, or you are visiting a chemists that you have not frequented before. Inform them before the prescription is made up, drugs companies always provide lists of ingredients for their drugs and gluten free alternatives are usually available. This may require a small amount of further research, perhaps a telephone call to the manufacturer or a visit to their website but rest assured that the information will be available as all prescription drugs are regulated and the ingredients have to be listed.
If you are going on holiday it is advisable to take a number of common medications with you taking the varieties that you know to be gluten free. We are not talking of prescription medications such as antibiotics and other more powerful medications but the types of gluten free medication that you or your children might commonly require when on holiday. Stomach upset preparations, headache cures, sleeping tablets or anti-diarrhoea capsules are all things to consider and taking these with you can give you some peace of mind should a member of your family who is gluten intollerant become ill.
On the occasion that you are unlucky and a gluten intolerant member of your family is admitted to hospital when on holiday it is important that they are accompanied by an adult so that the requirement for gluten free medications can be followed through. Medical people are infamous for focusing more on the solution to the illness without taking into account the wider factors and the emotions of the patient. The well person should be able to stress the requirement for gluten-free medications and follow through in that discussion to ensure that the patient does receive these rather than leaving the stress of the discussion to the ill patient, as this will not help them to make a rapid recovery.
If you have coeliac condition you need gluten free medications and in most civilised part of the world this should not be an issue. Be assertive and ensure that and the doctors clearly understand your requirement early in the consultation and you will find that there is no problem.
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