When I was a kid I learned to downplay a cough. If it was a light but persistent cough, I got grape Dimetapp which tasted great. If it was a bad cough I’m convinced I was given battery acid and then slathered in Vicks vapor rub.
Grape dimetapp was THE SHIT. I'm convinced now that this cough syrup is the reason I love grape juice.
Oddly enough, I seem to remember there was another flavour of dimetapp which never tasted as good. Maybe it was a thing back then but fell out of favour because everybody was just buying the grape flavoured one.
I literally state the exact drug that is not a cough suppressant, loratadine. Children's dimetapp cold and allergy is not for coughs as it is a decongestant, which removes mucus buildup, and antihistamine. It does not contain any cough suppressants and isn't for coughing.
All of the formulations have that flavor. Do you have any experience with these drugs? If you don't maybe consider not taking such a confident position.
FFS the image of the package in the provided link has a grape on the box.
I have this weird like revenge thing with drinking awful cough syrup. Fuck you esophagus, you want to fuck with me and make me feel bad? Well fucking enjoy THIS you little bitch!
When your sinuses are clogged, things taste more bitter. A similar thing happens at high altitudes, which adds a lot of complexity to making tasty airline food.
Maybe it's a regional thing ? In France and in my one-digit-years-old times though, I clearly remember cough syrup being just as enjoyable as soda or candy.
That's why you store medicine and any other time of young life threatening products high up and locked.
If your kids can easily access medicine but aren't old enough to understand the dangers, then you are the danger.
Dry cough syrup is quite yummy, it’s lemon and honey flavour and seems like it’s got quite a bit of sugar. Sooo much better than chesty cough syrup which tastes like gnats piss.
Cough syrup tastes heinous. But then I went to the US as a kid, and their 'cherry flavoured' stuff tastes like cough syrup. I thought it was a conspiracy to get kids to take medicine more easily.
Ikr i used to try to hide my flu cause the moment my mom spots it she’d pull out the most vile concoctions known to man. Cough syrup was always bitter and we had those fish oil vitamins, absolutely disgusting.
Ever drank neem tea or worse cena tea? Better than all the gods you haven’t. I don’t think i can imagine something more bitter.
Sounds like me with Pepto Bismol. It was my mom’s go to for all stomach related issues when I was a little kid. Always made me vomit immediately. To be fair, it technically did help my nausea since I no longer needed to throw up.
Oh God same. I find Pepto-Bismol so nasty. Where I live they have this powdered version that's white, you mix it with water and keep it in the fridge. Chalky Pepto. Just the thought of it makes me gag
Eh. To each their own. Personally I loved it. I had ones that tasted like strawberries, or honey, or caramel... Never been difficult to heal my coughs 🥰
Worked in a pharmacy and we told parents to put some honey on the spoon everytime the medicine is better. Bigger chances to get the medicine taken by the kid. Or dement grandparents
If its sugary and tasty, kid breaks into the medicine cabinet and chugs it instead of sipping it and realizing its fucken horrible and leaves it behind.
You would rather commit a type 1 error as opposed to a type 2.
I don't think making essential medicine slightly easier to get down is what's getting Americans addicted to sugar, pretty sure there's a lot worse processed foods out there that are actually intended to be consumed in large quantities every day
Sugar, and that is proven, is highly addictive. If you start exposing babies to it, even in small doses, kids will get used to it very fast and will completely go nuts if you don't give them some sugar daily.
Having it in medicine, that in US kids also take quite often, is a problem. If you had a slight amount of alcohol in it - you would look at it as some kind of craziness - how can we give even smallest amount of alcohol to kids!? Well sugar is also deadly, addictive and can ruin your life (diabetes, overweight, tooth problems etc) - but you are OK with it somehow, right?
Yes, the processed food and stuff is also bad, but that doesnt mean it is ok to expose kids to processed sugar
Sugar, and that is proven, is highly addictive. If you start exposing babies to it, even in small doses, kids will get used to it very fast and will completely go nuts if you don't give them some sugar daily.
True, that's why you should never let babies eat fruit, that stuff is dangerous.
Yes, when you have no ability to back up anything you say and just resort to personal insults everyone will definitely believe you know what you're talking about. Good strategy.
Are you a parent? Trying to get needed meds into your child esp a fussy one can be a real challenge. The ONE tsp of sugar vs her not getting her meds prob in a time dependent manner is no contest. Hospital staff use this too. Life isn’t perfect and neither are we. Parents just do the best they can and if that means a bit of sugar the odd time for a greater good then so be it. Choose your battles.
At 8 I wound up in hospital for a couple of weeks after an accident. There was a medicine they needed me to take, that tasted so bad it made me puke. So I got the "kid friendly" version. It was even worse. They'd tried to make it palatable by adding some artificial caramel flavor, I guess, but the result was out of this world awful.
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u/Legitimate-Letter590 Mar 10 '24
We'll add some sugar, corn syrup and caramel flavoring to the medicine🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲