Corn lurking in more products...

[crranch]

Not sure if anyone has addressed this already, but wanted to make sure that you all were aware of it..... I contacted the company that makes imodium to see if there was something in it scary, since their liquid product has gluten and yes, all of the imodium products they produce have corn in them (caplets,chewable and liquid ). And the generic ( Sam's Club ) version of imodium has latose as it's first ingredient....

Starting to look like we will never get all the scary things out of our diet....

Hugs,
Carrie

PS: What are the odds, my adopted sister was just diagnosed with MC this week. I accused her of being a copy cat ...she may show up here soon, since her dweeb doc just gave her a diagnosis, some entocort, but no information what-so-ever about the disease....she is learning MC 101, and looking into enterolab for further testing.

[tex]

Carrie,

That's bad news about the Imodium. As far as I'm aware, we've never discussed the ingredients in it before, so that's certainly news to me, and probably to most of us. The gluten in the liquid version is especially upsetting news, and the presence of the lactose in the generic version is not a very "comforting" thought, either. Upon checking, I see that Lomotil contains corn also, plus sorbitol, to boot.

Wow! Having two family members with MC, puts you in a rather unique position, considering that is MC is still claimed by many doctors to be a "rare" disease. Of course, some of us maintain that it's not nearly as rare as they say it is - they just don't do a very good job of diagnosing it.

Thanks for the information.

Hugs,
Tex

[crranch]

Yep, pretty weird about the imodium...and the lomotil. I'm trying to find out if the generic version of lomotil ( lonox) has corn. Do you happen to know?

I do find it amazing that after 3 months of being sick, they found out she had this, we had talked about it numerous times while they were testing her...but I never thought that MC would strike again in our family...

C

[tex]

No, I don't know, and upon searching, I haven't been able to locate a list of the inactive ingredients in lonox, but I would be rather surprised if it does not contain corn in some form.

Tex

[crranch]

Neither would I....a major bummer....

Looks like the options for meds are down to nothing.....

[tex]

I was going to mention Imuran, (Azathioprine), as a last resort, (it's a pretty big gun), but it contains corn starch, also, (and lactose). Pat has been taking it for roughly three months now, but since she hasn't posted an update in a couple of months, I have to assume that it probably hasn't resolved her symptoms.

Obviously, the people who develop and approve these drugs, don't have the foggiest notion that food intolerances are at the root of most of the diseases that these meds are designed to treat. Incompetence and ignorance runs amuck in many areas of the world these days, and medical science seems to have more than it's fair share.

Tex

[crranch]

You just can't fix stupid... Wish the drug companies would get a clue....

I had thought about Imuran, but didn't like that option, now with lactose and corn in it, don't think it is worth even trying at this point...

Hugs,
C

[artteacher]

Have any of you tried it? I did recently (well, the last year, anyway) and it GIVES me horrible D. Go figure . . . .

I didn't see dairy in it, so I thought it was ok! Maybe I'm more sensitive to corn than I thought.

Thanks, Marsha

[tex]

Hi Marsha,

Are you referring to Imodium? I don't recall ever trying it, myself, but I believe that a lot of members have pretty good success with it, (on a day to day basis).

It's good to see you posting again. How the heck is life treating you, these days?

Tex