Pharmacies and Flavors: It’s Not Just for Those Yucky Antibiotics Anymore

Robitussin, that was my downfall. No matter what my mother tried to do, each time she put a teaspoonful in my mouth I would gag. How could this stuff keep me from coughing when all I would do is gag? YUCK!

Then came the antibiotics. The bubble gum of the Amoxicillin right out of the ‘fridge cured any ear infection I might have. Why couldn’t all medications taste this way? Simple, they could, but not if you went to a chain pharmacy.

Usually the independent “mom and pop” pharmacies were the first to offer flavoring of medications. Didn’t like the fruit flavor of Augmentin? Well maybe we can make it taste like cherry. The mint of the Zantac liquid? How about strawberry, maybe apple? Chain pharmacies are finally realizing the draw of the flavored medications. When you make the child happy, you make the parent happyâÂ?¦for the most part.

According to Flavor RX, the leading company in providing pharmacies with various flavors:

Some medicines taste downright terrible. Many people have trouble taking their medication because of its yucky taste. As a result, they do not get the treatment they need to get better. FLAVORx has the solution. We’ve developed appealing flavors that pharmacists can safely add to liquid medicines to make them go down easier, so people of all ages – from infants to the elderly – can take the medicine they need to live happier, healthy lives.

Currently, the FLAVORx system is used in over 25,000 pharmacies, in every state of the nation, as well as internationally in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Puerto Rico . To date, pharmacists have flavored over 40 million prescriptions flavored safely and effectively with FLAVORx. This has helped lessen the discomfort that sick people experience. Who wouldn’t have a smile on their face working with us?

FDA-approved FLAVORx flavorings offer the medical patient an attractive alternative to medicines, without altering the efficacy or stability of the drug. All 42 FLAVORx flavors undergo stability, compatibility, pH and organoleptic (‘smell and taste’) testing to ensure efficacy. More than 48 million prescriptions have been flavored using the FLAVORx Systems, without a single case of instability, adverse side effect or allergic reaction. FLAVORx prides itself in its safety record and ease of administration.

Now Tylenol has come out with their own idea of making the parent happy-flavor packets for the Children’s Tylenol liquid. The parent can keep their child from running way with the flavors of bubbly gum, chocolate, apple and strawberry.With this comes some caution and some friendly reminders about Tylenol.

Tylenol is a pain and fever reducing medication. All across America when someone has a headache or muscle pain, they reach for the little red bottle. However, as it has been noted in recent years, some people believe that taking too much Tylenol is okay.ylenol cannot be used for more than ten days in a row to relieve pain, and cannot be used to lower fever for more than three days.When it comes to Children’s Tylenol, the doses may be repeated every 4 hours, but not more than 5 times a day.Just because it’s flavorful, does not mean giving more will help.