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Anne Mirapex is made by Pharmacia, there wweb address is http://www.prnewswire.com/ Bob Chapman [log in to unmask] MURRAY _CHARTERS wrote: > Hi Anne; > > You wrote............ > > > > > > Some (many?) drugs have a filler added to the active ingredients in the > > tablet .The Mirapex sold in Canada has just such a filler--- cornstarch. > > Cornstarch is not supposed to cause trouble but there are people who are > > allergic to it. > > > My Pharmacist says that powdered medications that are pressed into > tablets all have "a filler" and 90% (approx.) include cornstarch and > lactose. Only in rare instances are the filler ingredients listed on > something you would take with you when you leave the Pharmacy! > (often your prescription is filled from a bulk supply and you get a > plastic vial with a Pharmacy label with your name, your drs. name, > the name of the drug, and the dosage) Even in instances where you do > get a labelled bottle of a drug (I have Tasmar) the drug companys > label only lists the active ingredients. You would have to look at > the product monograph supplied by the manufacturer to find out what > the filler components are. (and I did not get a product monograph > with my Tasmar) If there is more than 1 manuf. for any given drug > then it is likely any pharmacy supplied info. would be generic and > list active ingredients only. It appears there is no standard that > requires a packaging label that lists every ingredient! It also > appears that different strengths of a given drug might have different > fillers and trial meds may have different fillers than production > meds. > > > Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we can do? > > > If anyone has an allergy they should carry out a form of due > diligence and ascertain every ingredient of every medication before > they start a longterm regime of medication. > > > > Thanks > > > > Anne Rutherford 64 dx1980 > > > > > Best regards.........Murray 53/4 Vancouver,BC Canada > . > [log in to unmask]