PETITION: Demand that Drugs.com correct their definition of dextrose (corn sugar/D-glucose) for the safety of corn-allergic patients

CRITICAL UPDATE, June 18, 2021:

As of April 20, 2021, Drugs.com corrected their erroneous definition of dextrose. However, another entity has intervened; and Drugs.com is once again endangering the lives of corn-allergic citizens by falsely claiming that dextrose can be sourced from products other than corn.  They are also exposing clinicians to potential liability as a result of this false and misleading claim.
https://www.drugs.com/dextrose.html

The ONLY source of dextrose is corn.

Dextrose is corn sugar, 21CFR184.1857, and can prove fatal to anyone with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/06/dextrose-is-corn-sugar-21cfr1841857-and.html 

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 I have filed numerous appeals with Drugs.com via Twitter to revise their definition of “Dextrose” which endangers the lives of corn-allergic patients (and consumers), since they are equating dextrose (corn sugar/D-glucose) with blood sugar naturally present in all living organisms (glucose).  Since they have refused to comply with my appeals, I have filed the following petition against them, which I am also distributing to my applicable global contacts. 

PETITION: Demand that Drugs dot com correct their definition of dextrose (corn sugar/D-glucose) for the safety of corn-allergic patients.
[This petition does not solicit donations.]
https://www.change.org/p/drugs-com-demand-that-drugs-com-correct-their-definition-of-dextrose-corn-sugar-d-glucose

On behalf of the corn allergy community, we thank you for your support in this critical initiative.

 

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/
Email:  cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com
Twitter:  @CornAllergy911

Additional Reference:

Corn Allergy References, Surveys, Studies (“. . . Maize major allergen . . .”), Statistics, & Petitions
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2018/04/corn-allergy-reference-links.html

 

Blog Post Reference Link:

PETITION: Demand that Drugs dot com correct their definition of dextrose (corn sugar/D-glucose) for the safety of corn-allergic patients
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/04/petition-demand-that-drugscom-correct.html