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Can you get dairy free food on prescription

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cedmonds · 28/02/2011 19:49

I know that you can get gluten/ wheat food on prescription. I was wondering if you can get dairy free on prescription it costs so much more than normal products.

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greenbananas · 28/02/2011 23:21

As far as I know there is no help available on the NHS (although you can get specialist formula on prescription if you're not breastfeeding).

It can seem rather expensive to follow a dairy-free diet, but you don't necessarily have to shell out for specialist products. There are many cheaper options out there (e.g. vegan websites can be useful, though you may have to adjust or ignore many recipes if your child is also nut allergic).

We spend most of our disposable income on food - but this is a small price to pay for a healthy child

Maelstrom · 28/02/2011 23:25

I don't think you can, but there are so many dairy free products available that to be honest, I don't think you really need to.

It is a hassle to check the labels but once you build up a list of dairy free products you can use, life it is not much different than when getting the average stuff.

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cedmonds · 01/03/2011 08:17

THanks he did have nutramigen on prescription when he was a baby untill he was three. He then seemed fine on dairy but has started reacting to it.

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DaffadownDilly · 01/03/2011 08:23

It is easy to do a dairy free diet once you get used to it.

As Maelstrom says, once you check the labels and know what you can and can't use in a supermarket, it's not much different.

We have to pay for the Neocate formula too here.

eden263 · 01/03/2011 08:24

I don't know how you're fixed for supermarkets where you are, but Sainsbury's label all their vegan products, as do the Co-op, which makes it easier (and quicker!) to shop 'safely'. If other supermarkets would only follow suit, it'd make life easier for everyone! HTH

starfishmummy · 01/03/2011 08:30

I think DS's dieitian just gave us some lists of dairy free foods. Some of the bigger supermarkets used to publish their own lists too.

Agree with others that it isn't necessarily more expensive; plenty of everyday things are dairy free if you look and I don't think I bought anything from the free from ranges - I used to get basic range stuff that was dairy free and really cheap! DS was also on a soya free diet - the only "unusal" thing I got was some rice milk to make pancakes. They were, er "interesting"!!

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