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Ange7894 Joined: 27 May 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Meriden, CT	Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:41 pm    Post subject: gluten in birth control pills?? Hi all, I hope someone can guide me in the right direction because I'm having no luck with my doc's office or the pharmacy. Does anyone know if any of the birth control pill brands out there contain gluten, and if some don't, what are they so I can talk to my doc about them? I talked to my doc about my CD issue and she put me on the patch to avoid the possibility that the pills could contain gluten. But I'm not liking it very much. In fact, I'm hating how my body has been feeling since been on it, and I'd really like to try the pills again (I was on them many years ago). Thanks! Ange. _________________ Please feel free to follow my personal experiences by checking out my journal at www.celiacjournal.com ~~Thanks!
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Sheralyn Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 169 Location: Utah	Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:22 am    Post subject: birth control Call and check. here is a link with listed BC pills gluten free http://homepage.mac.com/sholland/celiac/GFmedlist.pdf Last edited by Sheralyn on Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:50 am; edited 1 time in total
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aklap Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 12530 Location: WI, USA	Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:51 pm    Post subject: Hi Ange, Sorry to hear that. If you use that GF Med list - please verify [verbally or email] the product with the drug company just to make sure. That list was published in Oct, while it's recent, it never hurts to double & triple check stuff. Good luck! _________________ Al “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa
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Sheralyn Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 169 Location: Utah	Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:01 pm    Post subject: I'm really mad. When I checked the list in the previous thead it said, "Ortho Tri Cyclen" is gluten free. Since I'm on Ortho Tri Cyclen lo, I thought it was gluten free too. After I saw what Al wrote I figured I had better call the company to find out, about Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo. The lady at Ortho McNeil didn't even know if they had gluten in them. She told me to ask my doctor. HOW SHOULD SHE KNOW, THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THIER OWN PILLS. When you email the company they send a quick response back to your email, that says "We ask that you contact us by telephone to adequately respond to your questions. Please call the Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs Customer Communications Center at 1-800-526-7736, Option 2, Option 1. We are available between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays, Eastern Time. We will be happy to answer any general product related question. If you have a question that relates to the treatment of a personal medical condition, please contact your healthcare professional, since this individual is most familiar with your medical history." I'M ANGRY! So If any one does find out which ones ARE gluten free, please let us know! Last edited by Sheralyn on Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:13 pm; edited 1 time in total
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aklap Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 12530 Location: WI, USA	Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:20 pm    Post subject: Hi Sheralyn, I've run into that with drug companies. You get vague answers or none at all. You might try calling back and ask to talk to a manager or someone higher up in the chain. SOMEONE should be able to that question better than that!! I'd be PO'ed too!!! _________________ Al “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa
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Torrey Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 1140 Location: Hawthorne, NJ	Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:54 pm    Post subject: Very interesting question... Makes me wonder...I was on Ortho Cyclen for years...I went to the doc for my regular 6-month check-up, and she asked if I was happy with my BCP. I said, to be honest, I really wasn't. The main reason I was put on it was for regulatory purposes...and that was the only thing that was good about it. It would make me nauseous when I took the pills, and I still got horrible cramps and long periods... So...when I was there in September, my doc put me on a new pill: Loestrin Fe...I thought it would be good--less cramps, no nausea, and short periods...well, um, I still have yet to get my monthly cycle (sorry if this is TMI, but it's making me wonder...)... I called my doc after the first month of nothing and she said my body may just be adjusting and to see what happens after another package of pills... Still nothing... Now, don't get me wrong, I love not having to invest in Tampax, but still...being 31, I should *not* be experiencing this... So, I went back a couple of weeks ago, and she gave me a script for another pill: Estro-Step...does anyone know anything about it? I have to go fill the script this weekend, so I am just curious...and still sans period... PS-> I'm *not* pregnant...just had to throw that one out there... _________________ ~Torrey GF BD July 12, 2004
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Sheralyn Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 169 Location: Utah	Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:30 am    Post subject: Since the makers of "Ortho Tri Cyclen" couldn't tell me if the pills had gluten in them. ( They need to get someone who has brains to answer people questions over the phone). I called Wal-Marts phamacy, they quickly looked up all ingredients for me, and verified they were gluten free. So call Wal -mart they were more then happy to answer my questions. I'm soooo happy I haven't been getting glutened for the last 2 months, without my knowledge.
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staircar Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 23	Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:36 pm    Post subject: Torrey, Your doctor is probably right, that your body may be adjusting to the pills.. they say things should even out after the third pack. However, if you are really not happy with the pill, your doctor should not just keep switching you.. it might just be that hormonal birth control is not good for you. It might be that there's gluten in the pills, but I think it's more likely that it's all the hormones! they can really mess us up can't they they definitely have their benefits but you have to decide if those outweigh the risks... i've found birth control is a bit like cd, doctors really don't know much about it! gl
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EricaSony Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 32 Location: Tampa, Florida, USA	Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:35 pm    Post subject: Oh wow, I never even imagined that BC pills could possibly have gluten. (I no longer take them.) _________________ <3 Erica http://www.sweetwheat.com
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cultureslayer Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 1146 Location: NC	Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:48 pm    Post subject: Torrey wrote: Very interesting question... Makes me wonder...I was on Ortho Cyclen for years...I went to the doc for my regular 6-month check-up, and she asked if I was happy with my BCP. I said, to be honest, I really wasn't. The main reason I was put on it was for regulatory purposes...and that was the only thing that was good about it. It would make me nauseous when I took the pills, and I still got horrible cramps and long periods... So...when I was there in September, my doc put me on a new pill: Loestrin Fe...I thought it would be good--less cramps, no nausea, and short periods...well, um, I still have yet to get my monthly cycle (sorry if this is TMI, but it's making me wonder...)... I called my doc after the first month of nothing and she said my body may just be adjusting and to see what happens after another package of pills... Still nothing... Now, don't get me wrong, I love not having to invest in Tampax, but still...being 31, I should *not* be experiencing this... So, I went back a couple of weeks ago, and she gave me a script for another pill: Estro-Step...does anyone know anything about it? I have to go fill the script this weekend, so I am just curious...and still sans period... PS-> I'm *not* pregnant...just had to throw that one out there... Not having your monthly cycle is not a big deal at all. I'd stay on those pills (fewer cycles is a much more natural thing, actually) and maybe not take them for a week or something twice a year if it was me. I'd give almost anything to only have a cycle or two a year, especially since they make me use rx pain meds. In fact, the only option I didn't try to help with the pain was chemically induced menopause. Even before seasonale, they tried having me take the 3 weeks of active pills from ortho-cyclen or something and skip the week of fake ones. _________________ Lauren Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
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bud7-10 Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 368	Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:58 pm    Post subject: I called Duramed last year to re-check about Mircette; they're GF. Today I called Watson Pharma. to find out about Azurette (generic Mircette). Watson won't verify, so Azurette is a no. _________________ Wheat-free and egg-free since 10/1999. GF since CD dx 5/2005. Many food allergies.
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pkitty Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Posts: 396	Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:34 am    Post subject: All you can do is call. I use jolivette which originally gave me all the ingredients listed. I honestly need to recheck. It can change from pack to pack. NVM I found it in the pack: d&C Green No 5, D&C Yellow No 10, lactose, magnesium, stearate, modified corn starch, and povidone. From what I can find neither of the dyes are gluten-filled. I take Jolivette so its a POPS pill. I find great success with this pill--no symptoms, no swollen feet, etc. You just HAVE to take it the same time every day. _________________
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bud7-10 Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 368	Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:50 pm    Post subject: pkitty wrote: I take Jolivette so its a POPS pill. I find great success with this pill--no symptoms, no swollen feet, etc. You just HAVE to take it the same time every day. pkitty, what's a POPS pill? Just wondering what that means. _________________ Wheat-free and egg-free since 10/1999. GF since CD dx 5/2005. Many food allergies.
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pkitty Joined: 28 Jul 2010 Posts: 396	Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:55 pm    Post subject: bud7-10 wrote: pkitty wrote: I take Jolivette so its a POPS pill. I find great success with this pill--no symptoms, no swollen feet, etc. You just HAVE to take it the same time every day. pkitty, what's a POPS pill? Just wondering what that means. POPS is good for people with heart problems and circulatory problems or hypertension. POP just means progesterone only pill. (P O P) http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/mini-pills.htm _________________
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