Premium
Gluten content of Australian pharmaceutical products
Author(s) -
Challen Robert G.,
O'Shannassy Robert M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb136272.x
Subject(s) - gluten , business , gluten free , coeliac disease , food products , legislation , food science , medicine , chemistry , disease , pathology , political science , law
The treatment of patients with coeliac disease is based on the strict avoidance of gluten. Such patients may be at risk if they ingest inadvertently pharmaceutical products that contain gluten. This paper provides information on the gluten content of Australian pharmaceutical products. It is recommended that legislation be introduced to require that excipients in pharmaceutical products which are known to be potentially hazardous to susceptible individuals be listed on the product label, possibly in code form. (Med J Aust 1987; 147: 91‐93)