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- nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19As disgusting as bad-tasting medicine is (especially for kids) I think tasty medicine is even worse. I used to drink grape Dimetapp like juice when I was younger.
- freakon, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23Scientologist propaganda.
- Recusant, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14I read cockatiel. Sadly I was disappointed. :(
- Flummoxer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11There's more mercury in fish anyway. Damn fishermen, think of the children!
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Wow, somebody DOES use the profanity filter!
- quazywabbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Didn't even know there was a profanity filter until now. Still don't plan on using it, but its good to know.
- NoQuarter, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Luckily a kid doesn't need to eat a full bowlful of medicine (as they would with food), it comes in 5ml spoonfuls. The quantities of the additives consumed are negligible and there is absolutely no way that any laxative effect will be noticed.
Allergies, while very dangerous, are rare and unpredictable and can just as easily occur in response to natural phytochemicals as they can to any unfashionable artificial colouring. - leeDav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"If you are a concerned parent, you are often not going to know what is in medicine until you get it home."
No.
If you are truely a concerned parent, you'll check what the damned thing has BEFORE you get home.
You try giving your sick children some bland-tasting medicine. See if they're willing to have it the next time their screaming ill. - Hush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bantec, agreed for the most part.
But try giving an already sick kid something they know tastes horrible. You can try imposing your will on them, telling them it's to make them better, etc. But they have their own little minds. If they know it tastes like *****, they get all worked up and puke it back out half the time, then you're wondering how much got absorbed before puking, when and how much to re-dose, etc.
I'd rather have better tasting medicine and keep it out of reach. Then at a certain age, teach them what the stuff can do to them when overdosed, or if taken when not needed, etc. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7That's the FDA and not the CDC. The mercury in vaccines is miniscule and way below minimal EPA standards...and oh yeah, virtually all new vaccines have no mercury in it at all.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+14The CDC has countered all of this by extending its policy of adding the nutritional supplement MERCURY to its childhood vaccines.
- chrisfnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2gonpost, like hell they won't! The solution isn't to make it taste awful, it's to be a responsible parent.. no? I know that's a foreign concept in today's society, but still.
Bantec, you can't always force a child to take a medicine.. especially liquids. If they truly don't like the taste, they will (and often) just spit it out. They're not like dogs where you shove in a pill, hold his mouth shut and rub his nose.. I'd say the solution to keeping your child out of the medicine is to keep it out of your child's reach.. or more responsibily.. lock it up. The solution isn't to keep the medicine tasting awful. - Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I remember medicines being "yucky" when I was little. As I sit here with my 8 month old trying to remove something from his eye, my answer to you would be to be assertive. I know it's not pleasant, and can erupt in short screaming fits. You can force a child to take medicine. You are not going to scar him or her for life, and you are much less likely to turn around and find that your child has downed a bottle of that nasty stuff than if it had a sweet grape taste. Having his stomach pumped might leave a lasting impression on both of you.
- d3c0yn4m3l355, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What i fail to understand, before you put a medicine on the market it has to be tested and approved. Now they say after it was approved that it contains a cocktail of additives, how come its such a surprise to them? It isn't like this is anything new, especially for sirop which is known to be addictive. There is also a reason why the prescription says dont use something longer then x weeks as well that certain medicines have to be prescribed by your doctor as he is supposed to know weather you can or can't take this medicine.
- chrisfnet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If the medicines don't taste good or are at least somewhat appealing (as appealing as medicine can be) the children will refuse to take it. If they refuse to take it, what good will any medicine do them at all? Medicine only works when you use it...
leeDav hit the nail on the head. - AndromedaAHS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There are of course other options besides the drugs, I don't even go near the stuff that is questionable and stick to homeopathic things. That is how I decide to execute my responsible parent privileges. But each parent makes a decision on what is best for their child; as long as they are informed of any (if any) consequences you can't argue with their decision.
- Bantec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I knew somebody was going to hit me with the 'responsible parent' spiel. Responsible parents make mistakes. Children get past 'Child Proof"' devices, and frankly I am tired of hearing everybody preach about 'responsible parenting' by beating anyone who suggests a lapse in judgment may occur. I am careful, but I like to err on the side of being freaking' human. I believe there are drawbacks to having medicine that is designed to be appealing to children.
Basically you are arguing that you would rather have harmful additives put into the medication to make your job as a parent easier, then you are giving me a speech about 'Responsible Parenting'. See how easy that is! - EglantineDoyon, on 10/26/2007, -0/+0Buy Viagra Only $1.529 Best Price
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http://theultimatedrugstore.com/item.php?id=638 - wolkengrau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Damn you, Sanostol, damn you!
- Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So that's why Calpol is so nice...
- MadEnvoy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@Bantec
Your "yucky" reminded me of "Mr. Yuck" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Yuk - DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
- MainframeF4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Soon you will see kids flying around because they added an extra 2 ingredients.
Get back here Timmy! - chrisfnet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Actually, thimerosal is used quite often in many vaccinations.
- gonpost, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0They won't refuse if they feel bad enough... The medicine also tastes bad so they don't drink it for fun or overdose. They only take it if they have to.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2...and the empire of deceit and greed continues to collapse
- AuntyBub, on 10/12/2007, -12/+1Silly mercury isn't a supplement... oh wait I get it you're just uneducated
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