08/01/2012

                         

         
          ADVIL LIQUID GELS AND ADVIL MIGRAINE ARE  NO LONGER GLUTEN FREE

I just received an email this morning on one of my Celiac sites ( Gluten Free Is Life ) that states that Advil Liquid ?Gels and Advil Migraine are  no longer Gluten Free.
If you go on the Advil website which is www.advil.com it does state this now.

This does present a problem especially if you are a type 1 Diabetic on insulin and are on the Dexcom System
( which is a continuous blood Glucose system )  When you are on the Dexcom system you can not use Tylenol products it gives you a negative high result meanings it reads your blood sugar as being high when you may not be,  it corrects itself in a few hours.  The Dexcom system says that you should not use Tylenol products so now you can not use Advil  products if you are a Celiac patient I guess the only thing we can use now is Aspirin .

You can call your local Walgreens Pharmacy ,  I did this and asked them if their ibuprofen is gluten free
they said for now yes the ones that have T followed by 5 numbers is gluten free.  They called their manufacturer for me.


thank you

Ellen Gaffney
thegcats@comcast.net