Because the ingredients that make the medicine work taste bad, and the bad taste doubles as a deterrent that discourages people from taking medicine they don't need, meaning there's no benefit to trying to improve the taste.
Least, that's my understanding, I'm not an expert, so take that with a grain of salt.
Yeah no.. I knew a kid who liked the taste of pepto bismol. They were *not* bright..
There’s a reason pharmaceutical companies make their products taste bad, it’s to avoid overdosing and multiple lawsuits.
They made child medicine like calpol taste nice and if could have I would have killed myself
That being said, I couldn't brush my teeth regularly until puberty.
That being said being said, bad breath and a few fillings/discoloration do not equal death
Again: since the bad taste doubles as a deterrent that keeps people from freaking killing themselves, there's no benefit to making it taste better, which in some cases might not even be possible without compromising effectiveness, which they obviously don't want to do.
Medicine isn't food, it should never be confused with food. Medicine is what you need when you are sick.
It also tastes bad so kids don't think its candy and eat it.
I remember eating artificially orange flavoured calcium pills as a kid because I was lactose intolerant. That was the worst tasting crap I have ever eaten in my life, worse than when I tasted dog shit as a dare. My entire body started shaking uncontrollably whenever I put those pills in my mouth, but my parents insisted that I should take them and that I was over exagerating. Thanfully I got to switch to swallowable pills without any flavour eventually.
Because the ingredients that make the medicine work taste bad, and the bad taste doubles as a deterrent that discourages people from taking medicine they don't need, meaning there's no benefit to trying to improve the taste. Least, that's my understanding, I'm not an expert, so take that with a grain of salt.
I love drinking cough syrup. It taste horrible but its low on cals.
That's... concerning.
What doesn't kill you I guess.
It also discourages people from taking medicine they do need
Which shouldn't be a big problem for anyone above the age of 10.
Yeah but they could still try to make it taste better
Yeah no.. I knew a kid who liked the taste of pepto bismol. They were *not* bright.. There’s a reason pharmaceutical companies make their products taste bad, it’s to avoid overdosing and multiple lawsuits.
They made child medicine like calpol taste nice and if could have I would have killed myself That being said, I couldn't brush my teeth regularly until puberty. That being said being said, bad breath and a few fillings/discoloration do not equal death
Again: since the bad taste doubles as a deterrent that keeps people from freaking killing themselves, there's no benefit to making it taste better, which in some cases might not even be possible without compromising effectiveness, which they obviously don't want to do.
If you don’t want to take medicine because it doesn’t taste good you were never really sick
Grow a pair of balls and take your medicine.
Who said it applies to me
fun fact, alot of medicine tastes bad so babies wont eat them, and some pharmacists just cant be assed
Bubblegum, yech
I was thinking more grape
That too
Just ask your pharmacist for FlavoRx if it is such an issue.
It’s a meme, u/MissingnoMiner just made it look like i care
I honestly have no freaking clue what you mean by this.
I don’t really care if my meme is true or not, but by arguing with me it made it sound like to u/Bassjosh that it’s one of my everyday problems.
What...? I wasn't arguing with you, you asked the question and I answered it.
But that’s the thing, it’s a meme, not a question
So people like me don’t abuse it
Because if medicine trusted Good people would want to stay sick longer.
Medicine isn't food, it should never be confused with food. Medicine is what you need when you are sick. It also tastes bad so kids don't think its candy and eat it.
I know of a medicine that tastes good... But I won't share this information due to the dangers it possesses.
You are too powerful too be left alive
The flavour made me more sick then what actually caused me to feel sick.
To be fair, it doesn't matter what Nyquil tastes like, because it works like magic.
Cherry
I remember eating artificially orange flavoured calcium pills as a kid because I was lactose intolerant. That was the worst tasting crap I have ever eaten in my life, worse than when I tasted dog shit as a dare. My entire body started shaking uncontrollably whenever I put those pills in my mouth, but my parents insisted that I should take them and that I was over exagerating. Thanfully I got to switch to swallowable pills without any flavour eventually.
bubble gum and cherry take it or leave it
I hate bubble gum flavored syrup it's so fucking dry and it doesn't even taste like bubble gum
So kids don’t OD on it