I am very food sensitive and suspect some of the Lyme meds I am on contain wheat, corn, sugar, rice flour etc. Is there a website that tells what ingredients the different drug manufacturers put in their drugs? My druggist is very slow and vague telling what is in the meds. He says he has to call each company and ask them. I would like to do the research myself. I wonder if there isn't a drug manufacturer or compounder that carries a line of the pure drug itself. Interesting I can find the vitamins and supplements in the pure form.
Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :
Up for help.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I would like to know too!! My pharmacist tried to find the info on a drug for me and he said he didn't have the paperwork on it. So, I think a phone call IS needed. It's annoying to have to call each manufacturer!!
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Beyond that, I knew some brands of vitamins were make in a laboratory but it never occurred to me that some are made from PETROLEUM until I read this article yesterday:
By Tara Parker-Pope - The New York Times - January 20, 2012
Interview with food writer Steve Ettlinger, author of the book �Twinkie, Deconstructed":
Excerpt:
. . .
Q. What ingredients used in Twinkies most surprised you?
A. Vitamins. I didn�t have a clue where they came from, but I suspect that, like me, many people think that they are squeezed from seeds or extracted from bark or something like that.
I found they were, by and large, made from petroleum and fermented in enormous industrial plants mostly in China.
To find out that a lot of my vitamins, and in particular the B vitamins in enriched flour that are in a Twinkie, were made from Chinese petroleum just blew my mind.
Q. How do you get a vitamin from petroleum?
A. Like so many basic chemical processes, it�s about breaking down a source material into its essential molecular structure.
If you want a lot of carbon or hydrogen or oxygen from an organic compound, petroleum is not a bad place to start. They manipulate it in various ways to get what they want.
For a chemical engineer, the source of the carbon or hydrogen or oxygen is not that important. It�s about the availability and the ease of working with it.
For instance, with something like sorbic acid, which is a common preservative, at one point in the process they need a carbon source, so they hit it with carbon monoxide. I found that dismaying, for what is eventually a food product.
But the chemists kept telling me: �It�s just a chemical reaction. On your table you have two very dangerous chemicals, sodium and chlorine, but they�ve combined into table salt, which is benign.�
I had to work to shed my chemical-phobia. (end quotes) . . .
- Full article at link above -
--------- However - to my shock & deep dismay - this was pretty much the end of discussion about the petroleum derived vitamins. Big Sigh. -
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- This might be a start as most of their products contain no fillers. However, I've not inquired about the source of the vitamins themselves.
Hopefully, others who are fully aware of this practice and who have found their own REAL vitamins can add to this thread.
Also, be aware that ANY liquid in PLASTIC is not a good idea as the plastic leeches out chemicals and plastic IS petroleum.
BPA-free plastic helps, but it's not enough. Glass is best for any liquids.
Other groups that should likely be great resources:
AUTISM organizations, the more holistic minded ones. As many with autism must be extremely careful with the additives, etc. in all meds, supplements and foods. -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I was confused by your response too. OK, got it!!
You know, I THINK I found some info online on a med by going to the manufacturer's site. It took a lot of searching.
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