I started taking this med and progressively have gotten worse with a leaky gut. I have now been off this med since tues. It is now Sat and I am no better. I called the pharmacist and they did not know but did tell me about 5% of people on this med can get diarrhea. I work thru the week and it is hard for me to be able to contact the manufacturer as they are not open on the weekends. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does Metoprolol er succinate 25mg by Watson contain gluten?
Question posted by breeisme on 21 June 2014
Last updated on 15 January 2017
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kaismama
21 June 2014
I have the inactive ingredients, but first, I was just started on metoprolol and I have some loose stools and was wondering why, I don't have a gluten problem. Ok here are the ingredients microcrystalline cellulose
crospovidone
glyceryl monostearate
poloxamer 188
polyethylene glycol 8000
titanium dioxide
polyethylene glycol 400
hypromellose 2910 (3 mPa.s)
hypromellose 2910 (6 mPa.s)
hypromellose 2910 (5 mPa.s)
corn starch
sucrose
polysorbate 80
methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2)
breeisme
21 June 2014
Thank you. Now if I could only figure out what all this stuff is.
kaismama
21 June 2014
Well I can tell you that several of these can cause diarrhea. Polyethylene glycol, is miralax. corn starch can in sensitive people. and cellulose is fiber.
Sucrose is table sugar, so you know that's fairly innocuous as far as diarrhea.
breeisme
21 June 2014
True, just wondering how long it takes for the effects to wear off. I have been off of the drug for almost a week now and no better. Pharmacist said it should be out of my system in 24 hours
kaismama
21 June 2014
The drug yes, and one assumes the inactive ingredients went with it.
breeisme
21 June 2014
Thanks so much for your help
lozen
15 Jan 2017
Cellulose can absolutely be from gluten. The product may also be made on shared equipment or in a shared facility. Most brands contract out manufacturing and don't QA their product for gluten. They order in bulk and market, so they don't ever touch the product or know what's actually happening at their manufacturing facilities.
lozen
15 Jan 2017
Gluten damage can take up to two years to heal, and may symptoms subside after six to eight weeks.
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