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pharmacolgical treatment for celiac disease?
What are some treatments and drugs used to treat celiac disease?
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- julyLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Celiac disease is treated by avoiding gluten (wheat, barley, rye). Some people avoid oats as well, due to the issue of cross-contamination while the oats are in the field or on equipment used to process glutenated foods.
There are clinical trials that are testing a "vaccination" that might help prevent celiacs from developing antibodies when they eat gluten. I was interested in this study, but was only diagnosed 6 months ago and cannot participate.
You may want to search for "celiac clinical trials" to look for medications and treatments that are being researched right now.
Celiac disease sucks.
Source(s): Healthcare teaching assistant. - JonahLv 78 years ago
Typical treatment of celiac disease is through a gluten free diet only.
People with celiac should be monitored regularly for antibody activity level and in some cases, endoscopic testing of villi is done.
If complications such as cancer arise, those have drugs and treatments, but they aren't for celiac itself.
Theoretically, immunosuppression and bone marrow transplant could both be expected to induce remission in at least some cases of celiac, but as these pose considerably more risk to the patient than simply eating gluten free, they aren't done.
There are a number of medications under investigation to see if they can allow people with celiac to safely consume gluten, but so far none have been approved.
- samrovLv 44 years ago
I even have examine that the scientific field is finding into attempting scientific tips about a thank you to 'treatment' Celiac or a minimum of make it tolerable which includes making a gluten type of pill such as lactaid. in spite of the shown fact that, that is YEARS and YEARS away and honestly, maximum Celiacs are chuffed just to maintain on with the Gluten unfastened weight-alleviation plan and don't have confidence drugs sufficient to purpose any scientific interventions for it. undergo in recommendations maximum Celiacs continued years of being doubted for their indicators, being instructed they have been hypochondriacs and spending lots of money to be sure their prognosis so it somewhat is uncertain many Celiacs might even evaluate scientific interventions. some might yet they had be a small extensive type from the numerous I talk to on line. And gene therapy, that is YEARS away and Celiac is probable no longer seen substantial sufficient to be studied in that way. i think of greater ppl might desire to have their genes examined at start as a humdrum try at start, then mom and dad might know, whats up my youngster has those genes, shall we no longer even initiate gluten for this reason no longer beginning the terrible indicators of Celiac. yet thats purely my opinon!
- 7 years ago
As of right now, the ONLY treatment is a 100% gluten free diet/lifestyle.
while they are testing different "treatments" or "vaccinations" that could take YEARS to be considered safe or effective for those that suffer from Celiac Disease.
Source(s): Experience.