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Below is a list of medicines that I believe to be dairy-free. Remember that I am just a mom - not a professional. As with food ingredients, medicine ingredients may also change often. Please do not use this list as a substitute for label reading. Please read labels and always check with your child's doctor, especially about medicines!!!
If you know of other medicines that are
dairy-free, please consider sharing them with me so that I may post them on
this site.
email me at tfcozzo@comcast.net. It will be my
pleasure to credit you with the "tip". Thanks!
here goes....
Pain Relief/Fever Reducer
Children's Tylenol soft chews - fruit flavor
Children's Advil - fruit
flavored liquid
Infants' Tylenol concentrated
drops - rich cherry flavor (other flavors are probably ok as well)
Cold/Flu medicines
Pedia Care Cough cold
Pedia Care Infant's Drops -
Decongestant plus cough, cherry flavor
Oral Electrolyte Maintenance
Solution (for diarrhea and vomiting)
Pedialyte oral electrolyte maintenance solution -
fruit flavor (Pareve)
More Information concerning: Lactose Free Medications for Cold and Flu
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PDR.net
Drugstore.com
Medline Plus Health Information
Information concerning: Lactose
Free ADD Drugs
Other Helpful
Information:
I am a dietitian with Kentucky's early childhood intervention program,
First Steps…………I contacted a clinical/hospital pharmacist and requested a
listing, web-site, information, etc. of lactose- or galactose-containing
medications - I had searched numerous web-sites myself and could not really
locate a concise listing. The pharmacist herself had trouble locating
such a "list" and commented "apparently everyone worries about
it on a one medication at a time basis". She did provide
some valuable information with me ………. that I would like to pass on to you:
*It is estimated 20% of all medications contain some form of
lactose; about 6-7% of all over-the-counter medications do so as well.
*She strongly suggested to use only one pharmacy and develop a
close relationship with a single pharmacist. You may need to
always go on the day when the same exact pharmacist is working. She
suggested the small, locally owned drug store is more likely to retain the same
pharmacist on a daily basis, compared to a large, retail chain drug store that may
employee many pharmacists.
*Obviously, spend time talking and make sure the pharmacist filling
your prescription knows the importance of avoiding lactose/galactose - inform
him/her of the galactosemia diagnosis and make sure it is on the
patient's medication profile so that there is NO chance of dispensing any
lactose-containing medications. When purchasing OTC medications,
always seek out your pharmacist and make sure your
purchase is lactose-free.
*Another point, that I was not aware of, a family with galactosemia may
wish to seek out a pharmacy that can prepare and dispense it's own medications
made from in-house compounds. A specific medication, known to contain
lactose, can be made "from scratch" with the lactose-containing ingredient
omitted or substituted.
Anyway, you may wish to follow-up this message or certain points with
an actual pharmacist. I am not a pharmacist and found the above
information given me to be very helpful and wanted to pass it on to you!
Tracy Stivers, M.S., R.D.
Tracy’s final word of advice:
ALWAYS have the pharmacist check ingredients on EVERY medication you
purchase - whether prescription OR over-the-counter. Just like with
foods, you must read the label EACH time you purchase!!