I found out yesterday that the mefenamic acid capsules I have been taken for a few years to deal with period pain contain gelatine, in the coating. There is no way I could take the powder from the capsule, because I think mefenamic acid has effects on your digestive system.

I've *****ed before about animal rights activists with diabetes or asthma or some other illness which requires regular medication. I'm not an animal rights activist, but it distresses me that I am probably committing hypocrisy. Luckily my period finished yesterday, so I don't have to come up with the answer for another month or so.

What do you think? I'm now going to look for different forms of mefenamic acid on the net.

It took you that long to read the ingredients?

I know, I thought that too. This post does make me look a bit of an idiot.. I suppose I just thought "why would they have animal-derived products in?" though I look at the ingredients on everything else, so it doesn't really make sense. The important thing is that I read them eventually.

Guess you'll have to live with period pain then, because most other painkillers and stuff have gelatin coatings, too.

my multivitamins have pork gelatine in them.

but i'm going to keep taking them because it saves me having to have a balanced diet.

and there are 180 of the little things, i'm not throwing them out and trying to buy veg multivitamins.

i should care but somehow i don't.

i've been a vegetarian for 6 ****ing years.

hell it's not steak. i do my best.