Lactose/Was Re: ritalin and diet - try Concerta

[Guest guest]

I must agree with this opinion. Our doctor thought claritin would be

fine b/c it had lactose - not casein. But it only helped a little

with allergies and always caused dark circles around Ian's eyes and

eventually diarrhea. Other parents of ASD kids had this problem,

too, so he switched everyone to redi-tabs and now avoids meds

w/lactose. Amazingly, redi-tabs claritin is very effective, I guess

because it's not also fighting the reaction to lactose/casein.

The best thing, tho, is that respiratory allergies became very

infrequent once gfcf and Ian only rarely needs meds.

> > > Actually I was told ritalin is gf/cf but does

> > > contain lactose. I had the

> > > University of Kansas contact the manufacturer of all

> > > my kids medications,

> > > and have letters from all of them stating their

> > > gf/cf status. This was a

> > > couple years ago. I do not wish to throw fuel on

> > > the fire here, but

> > > simply state what my personal experience is....

> > >

[Guest guest]

,

My son is on the claritin redi tabs as well. I have just started them

again because it is very cold here now and he usually is ok in the

winter. However, there are some trees with buds and he has been horrible

so I thought I would see if it was allergies. the claritin redi tabs are

gfcf. I was going to try zyrtec, but it had lactose.

Phyllis

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