Why have tablets for medication turned into the size of "horse pills"?
The um amount has not changed for decades, but what are the reasons for a tablet approaching the size of a pizza when it has 10um?
Edit: 'um' doesn't display at it should.
-- Edited by Whenarewethere on Saturday 14th of October 2023 10:12:28 AM
peter67 said
10:32 AM Oct 14, 2023
I've often had that conversation with my Doctor and Dentist but, it's to do with the taste of medicines. Surely in this day and age a food chemist could at least add spearmint to the mix and make it palatable?
rgren2 said
11:43 AM Oct 14, 2023
peter67 wrote:
I've often had that conversation with my Doctor and Dentist but, it's to do with the taste of medicines. Surely in this day and age a food chemist could at least add spearmint to the mix and make it palatable?
Tablets are not supposed to be palatable, this is to deter little kids eating them, the same as button batteries have a bad tasting substance put on them, the size of the tablet makes it difficult for kids to swallow them without chewing them, belt and braces approach.
Possum3 said
11:45 AM Oct 14, 2023
I believe it all about the source of the "active ingredient."
For instance, if you were wanting Vitamin C there are many sources but, Kakadu Plum has more than Oranges.
The Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) is an Australian native superfood containing 100 times more vitamin C than oranges. It has the highest known concentration of vitamin C of any food, containing up to 2,907 mg per 100 grams (g). Just one plum (about 15 g) packs 436 mg of vitamin C, which is 484% of the DV
Differing Pharmaceutical Companies use differing sources for active ingredients. Usually due to Patent restrictions.
Note it is common for PBS medicines/pills (Generic) to be larger than original formula.
Craig1 said
03:31 PM Oct 14, 2023
The hospital version of Panadol is another example, about the size of a cartwheel and horrible if you don't get it down 1st go.
Whenarewethere said
04:16 PM Oct 14, 2023
rgren2 wrote:
peter67 wrote:
I've often had that conversation with my Doctor and Dentist but, it's to do with the taste of medicines. Surely in this day and age a food chemist could at least add spearmint to the mix and make it palatable?
Tablets are not supposed to be palatable, this is to deter little kids eating them, the same as button batteries have a bad tasting substance put on them, the size of the tablet makes it difficult for kids to swallow them without chewing them, belt and braces approach.
Didn't put my sister off from swallowing all the mothballs in every draw in our grandparents house when she was four.
Stomach pumped later a hospital.
rgren2 said
05:43 PM Oct 14, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
rgren2 wrote:
peter67 wrote:
I've often had that conversation with my Doctor and Dentist but, it's to do with the taste of medicines. Surely in this day and age a food chemist could at least add spearmint to the mix and make it palatable?
Tablets are not supposed to be palatable, this is to deter little kids eating them, the same as button batteries have a bad tasting substance put on them, the size of the tablet makes it difficult for kids to swallow them without chewing them, belt and braces approach.
Didn't put my sister off from swallowing all the mothballs in every draw in our grandparents house when she was four.
Stomach pumped later a hospital.
Check out Kids Are F***# Stupid on Reddit.
Roy E said
02:34 PM Oct 15, 2023
I hope all the contributors here realize that if a pill is too large to comfortably swallow, it can always be administered anally.
Cheers,
Roy.
peter67 said
10:15 AM Oct 16, 2023
Yewwwww...
rmoor said
11:46 AM Oct 16, 2023
Fortunately one of my specialists has reduced my nightly intake of 4 horse tablets to 2.
Derek Barnes said
11:34 PM Oct 20, 2023
If tablets are supposed to be unpalateable then why do Neurophens have a sweet taste like a Tic Tac?
Derek Barnes said
11:38 PM Oct 20, 2023
If tablets are supposed to be unpalateable then why do Nurofens have a sweet taste like a Tic Tac?
Whenarewethere said
01:45 AM Oct 21, 2023
Something along the lines of the tabaco industry. Use various ways to sell more product.
Kebbin said
02:35 PM Oct 21, 2023
Roy E wrote:
I hope all the contributors here realize that if a pill is too large to comfortably swallow, it can always be administered anally. Cheers, Roy.
Why have tablets for medication turned into the size of "horse pills"?
The um amount has not changed for decades, but what are the reasons for a tablet approaching the size of a pizza when it has 10um?
Edit: 'um' doesn't display at it should.
-- Edited by Whenarewethere on Saturday 14th of October 2023 10:12:28 AM
Tablets are not supposed to be palatable, this is to deter little kids eating them, the same as button batteries have a bad tasting substance put on them, the size of the tablet makes it difficult for kids to swallow them without chewing them, belt and braces approach.
For instance, if you were wanting Vitamin C there are many sources but, Kakadu Plum has more than Oranges.
The Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) is an Australian native superfood containing 100 times more vitamin C than oranges. It has the highest known concentration of vitamin C of any food, containing up to 2,907 mg per 100 grams (g). Just one plum (about 15 g) packs 436 mg of vitamin C, which is 484% of the DV
Differing Pharmaceutical Companies use differing sources for active ingredients. Usually due to Patent restrictions.
Note it is common for PBS medicines/pills (Generic) to be larger than original formula.
Didn't put my sister off from swallowing all the mothballs in every draw in our grandparents house when she was four.
Stomach pumped later a hospital.
Check out Kids Are F***# Stupid on Reddit.
Cheers,
Roy.
Something along the lines of the tabaco industry. Use various ways to sell more product.
Is that before or after breakfast Roy?