Does anyone know if Cytomel is gluten free? I’m contacting Mayne Pharma and Greenstone Pharmacy, both of which manufacture liothyronine, as well. I’m having a very hard time getting answers. I have celiac disease and need to make sure my T3 medication is gluten free.
Thank you for any input!
Sarah
The majority of medicines in Europe and the USA are gluten-free.
All UK medicines are gluten-free except where they expressly contain a wheat ingredient (and there are very few of them).
Greenstone is made in Germany/Austria by Peptido GmbH - the same company as makes Cytomel.
Mayne Pharma is the USA arm of an Australian company.
Details of ingredients of most USA medicines are available here:
dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/
However, you might mean a different Cytomel such as that produced by Ace Pharma?
More information here:
dropbox.com/s/shcwdwpedzr93...
Medication
The vast majority of medicines prescribed by your GP are gluten free
A very small number of medicines contain wheat starch which contains low levels of gluten. Wheat starch is one of many ingredients so even when wheat starch is used, the overall gluten content of the medicine is very low
In most cases, an alternative medicinal product can be prescribed which does not contain wheat starch
Sometimes medications can cause side effects that are similar to symptoms that occur after eating gluten. Speak to your GP if you have any unexpected side effects
Where wheat starch has not been used in a medicinal product, the product can be regarded as gluten free.
Wheat starch
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines are acceptably safe. We have been in communication with the MHRA about the suitability of medicines containing wheat starch for people with coeliac disease.
Medication
If a medicine contains wheat starch, this will be written on the label and the patient information leaflet. The requirements for labelling means the label must state that the product contains wheat starch, and the patient leaflet states the following: “Suitable for people with coeliac disease. Patients with wheat allergy (different from coeliac disease) should not take this medicine”.
Wheat starch of pharmaceutical quality is highly processed and considered to be low in gluten, containing no more than 100 parts per million (ppm) of gluten. And, because it is mixed with other ingredients, the overall gluten content is very low.
In almost all cases an alternative medicine can be prescribed, in some cases containing the same active ingredient, and which does not contain wheat starch.
Anyone concerned should speak with their GP or pharmacist and request that their prescribed medicine is one that does not contain wheat starch.
Where wheat starch has not been used in a medicinal product, the product can be regarded as gluten free.
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