Gelatin Capsules for medication what can I do? I'm a vegetarian help with options?

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I'm a vegan who transfers my prescription meds from their gelatin capsules into those.

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Gelatin Capsules for medication what can I do? I'm a vegetarian help with options?

I'm a vegetarian,...

and my problem is that I also get really bad migraines. My neurologist recently prescribed me a new medication to try (zonegran) but the problem is that it is only available in a gel capsule. I tried speaking with the pharmacist, and the doctor. There is no other form. ...

If you need the medication, you should take it. You will be no less of a vegetarian.

All medication and medical procedures have been tested on animals, by law; and many, probably most, medicines contain animal by products - lactose is commonly used as a binder, for example.

Does this mean vegetarians and vegans shouldn't take necessary medication? No it doesn't

Only a few veg*ns, who have somehow confused the words 'veg*n' and 'martyr', will claim that they would refuse all medication that's animal-tested or that contains animal products - and those few will be singing a very different tune if they are ever seriously ill or injured, I promise you.

I'm vegan and over the past few years have had to take several drugs for a serious condition. Many were in gelatine capsules, all were animal tested, without a doubt almost all contained animal by products. It doesn't make me any less of a vegan according to Donald Watson, who coined and defined the word, according to the Vegan Society, or according to any other vegan I have ever met.

That's because veganism is about minimising your contribution to animal suffering and exploitation as far as is - in Watson's words - possible and practical.

It isn't a good idea to empty capsules as some have advised. Some capsules are time released and taking the medicine all in one go can make you very nauseous and sick; this has happened to me.

The doctor and pharmacist have told you there isn't an alternative. If there were, it would in any case be animal-tested and almost certainly contain animal products.

Migraine is painful and debilitating, and yours are severe. It would be stupid not to take the necessary medication

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I am also a Vegetarian. Yes, principles come first. And there are no principles for those who are not humans. they can say whatever they want. Their selfish nature provokes them to just eat whatever they want. Others take some suffering for the sake of humanitarian. Always, let the doctor and pharmacist know that you are allergic and don't prefer medicines having animal products. look for tablet version of medicine. and at last if there is no alternative. You can empty the capsule and intake only medicine powder inside (because all capsules have the gelatin, but not the medicine inside.).

Check to see if the pill comes in tablet form; if not, just take the capsule. Vegetarian is not a synonym for obsessive-compulsive. It's not like you're eating a bowl of Jello for enjoyment; you're taking a medically-required drug.

There is no other form made, so basically your choice is take it, or Don't take it.

Your choice.

Nothing you can do about it.

Big Pharma couldn't care less about vegetarian/vegans. They put in gel-caps because gelatin melts at 98.0F (body temp), is cheap, and makes the medicine easily digestible.

Personally, If it's the only med that works, you can suffer... or you can eat a tiny bit of gelatin.

I get round the problem of gelatine capsules by emptying the contents onto a small square of rice paper, folding it into a tiny packet (dampen the edges to secure). Swallow quickly with a swig of cold water.

I hope this helps xxx