Monday, May 2, 2011

Milk in Your Inhaler


One of my most popular posts is Avoiding Milk Post:
Milk in Your inhaler See also Milk Proteins and Allergy Mediations

Advair Disks contain milk www.advair.com

Flovent Disks contain milk, used to treat asthma
http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_flovent.pdf (anaphylactic reactions to milk reported)

Oxeze Tubuhaler contains milk
http://www.astrazeneca.ca/documents/ProductPortfolio/OXEZE_PM_en.pdf (page 28 this document)

Lots of prescription and over the counter drugs contain lactose, even medical grade lactose contains small amounts of milk protein. The above is not a complete list, call manufacture to make sure your medications do not contain your allergen.

See Also Presciptions and Medications Containing Nuts
Caution: CVS Pharmacy Providing Incorrect Medication Ingredients

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