so they can sell the stuff that tastes better for more prolly

Have you ever tasted cough medicine that tastes good?

Not really designed with flavor in mind, but a drop of mint or (insert preferred fruit) syrup shouldn't be too much to ask

no but i’ve tasted cough medicine that tastes better

It probably is on purpose when you think about it. One of the most common calls Poison Control Center receives is parents freaking out about their kids ODing on gummy vitamins and Flintstones chewables. They probably make cough syrup taste bad to keep dumbass 5 year olds from accidentally killing themselves with it.

What happens if you overdose on vitamins ?

Hopefully, you just get diarrhoea.

I'm not sure about the exact reaction, seems like different types of viitamins could cause different reactions, Vitamin C could cause stomach cramps, diarrhea and nausea, too much selenium could cause gastrointestinal upset and even fucking hair loss. But overall, an overdose could cause you severe pain or even death.

Any excessive amount of anything is bad, effects and dosage varies. Too much vitamin C causes vomiting, vitamin D will fuck your kidneys, Iron is suuuuper sketch because even just a little bit too much can fuck up your liver pretty bad, etc.

Just like engine coolant believe it or not. It tastes sweet by itself, so it is usually embittered before it is sold.

Well, most medicines are basiclh highly concentrated extracts from plants/mushrooms in some filler and coating. For exame, most antibiotics are made with the use of certain types of mold. Some medicines are even extracted from things that would normaly kill you, best example being serums for treating venomous bites/stings.

You have no idea

My grandpa used to drink Castor oil

I viscerally remember that pink stuff in the '90s. I swear I can taste that crap from memory

...Pepto bismol?

No, no, this was prescription. I think it was liquid form amoxicillin but I can't remember exactly. Pepto is nasty though, this was was worse.

redditors downvoting people for asking questions are the most braindead people on the planet

Dude super easy questions, that can be solved by a 4s google search and 1 click of the button deserve a downvote. Like you don’t even have to open a link just click on one of the “people also ask” things and the question is answered.

This is partially the correct answer. Another thing is trying to keep the medicine as physically small as possible. Pill size is incredibly important as the larger a pill is the less likely it is that people will take their medicine. Really that’s a huge thing in pharma. Also smaller sizes keep shipping costs down, saving .1 grams per dose doesn’t seam like a lot but when you are manufacturing millions of doses a year it adds up.

Hactos

Me chasing the cough syrup with chocolate milk coz I know how to drug

Yeah but that’s only like 2-5% of meds most today that are super common prescribed are synthetic. That doesn’t mean it’s bad at all because most things that grow naturally are trying to kill you so man made stuff can be safer then plant based meds. At one time when hydrocodone was the number 1 prescribed drug In American it’s semi-synthetic from thebaine in the poppy plant and that pill/syrup tasted really good and still does in my opinion. There are other meds like ambien that taste like shit but klonpin taste like candy and these should not taste good at all because it just makes them all that lore appealing to kids. Like adderall taste like sweet candy too and that is marketed highly to kids. That’s also just 5-10% of the meds there are so so many thanks to the wonders of chemistry.

Here we go

Yep.

This is Serious! (Serious) We could make you delirious (delirious)

I’ve never tasted bad medicine, so I really can’t relate.

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Imagine heart meds tasting like chocolate… wouldn’t survive a week

My mother said that she once caught me under the table downing a while bottle of chocolate-flavored cough syrup

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And making very expensive in the us

bro just close your eyes