gluten in injectables

[Guest guest]

I haven’t heard any “official†word on this, and a quick search

didn’t bring up anything obvious.  There are two ways celiacs react to gluten:

damage in the gut and autoimmune response outside the gut.  My thought is that the

non-gut symptoms of celiac begin when gluten molecules pass through the gut

barrier into the blood stream and cause autoimmune responses throughout the

body, so it seems logical to expect an autoimmune reaction to an injection of

any product that contains gluten .  If there are alternative forms of the

medicine that do not contain gluten, you should discuss with your doctor the

option of using those instead.

I also remember hearing that celiacs should avoid IV solutions that

contain gluten.

Pam

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[Guest guest]

Do we know of any injectables that DO have

gluten?

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pam Newbury

Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009

12:50 PM

Subject: [ ] gluten in

injectables

I haven’t heard any “official” word on this, and a quick search didn’t

bring up anything obvious. There are two ways celiacs react to gluten:

damage in the gut and autoimmune response outside the gut. My thought is

that the non-gut symptoms of celiac begin when gluten molecules pass through

the gut barrier into the blood stream and cause autoimmune responses throughout

the body, so it seems logical to expect an autoimmune reaction to an injection

of any product that contains gluten . If there are alternative forms of

the medicine that do not contain gluten, you should discuss with your doctor

the option of using those instead.

I also remember hearing that celiacs should avoid IV solutions

that contain gluten.

Pam

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[Guest guest]

I'm pretty sure that polypeptides or proteins cannot pass from the gut to the bloodstream... uncertain about whether gluten can or not even though it's not broken down by celiacs.  I've never heard any reference to " gluten " being found in the blood so I'm pretty sure it is just generation of immune system response in the gut.  The body just acts in different ways in different people after that point.   That being said, one of the bloodtests is called " tissue transglutaminase " ... I think it's still an antibody test though... but I don't know why they call it that.  

I sometimes get reactions upon chewing food in my mouth, but I'm not sure if that's my gluten reaction or another allergy.  I'm pretty sure there are people out there who get the gluten reaction just from the initial response of the digestive system in the mouth.

Naren On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Lillyth Denaghy Keogh-Quillan <lillythdenaghykeogh@...> wrote:

 

Do we know of any injectables that DO have

gluten?

 

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pam Newbury

Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009

12:50 PM

Subject: [ ] gluten in

injectables

 

 

I haven’t heard any “official” word on this, and a quick search didn’t

bring up anything obvious.  There are two ways celiacs react to gluten:

damage in the gut and autoimmune response outside the gut.  My thought is

that the non-gut symptoms of celiac begin when gluten molecules pass through

the gut barrier into the blood stream and cause autoimmune responses throughout

the body, so it seems logical to expect an autoimmune reaction to an injection

of any product that contains gluten .  If there are alternative forms of

the medicine that do not contain gluten, you should discuss with your doctor

the option of using those instead.

 

I also remember hearing that celiacs should avoid IV solutions

that contain gluten.

 

Pam

 

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