FLAVORx

The FLAVORx Pediatric System is used in over 35,000 pharmacies globally to customize the flavor of prescription and over-the-counter medicines. With our special Bitterness Suppressor, Sweetening Enhancer and a blend of natural and artificial flavors, Pharmacists add a little fun to the process of getting better while masking the unpleasant taste that normally discourages you or your child from taking medicine.

One important thing to keep in mind. While our child-approved flavors will help the medicine go down, there’s no mistaking them for candy. That means you’ll have peace of mind knowing your child will still understand the difference between better-tasting FLAVORx-enhanced medicines and real sweet treats.

Available Flavors

What do snowflakes and tongues have in common? For starters, they’re both kinda wet. But more importantly, no two are alike. Everyone has a different sense of taste and we all know what flavors we like the most. This is especially true with kids, whose sense of taste is pretty sensitive. That’s the beauty of FLAVORx. The pharmacist can custom-flavor liquid medications to a child’s favorite flavor. Here’s a list of great-tasting flavors that are available at our participating FLAVORx pharmacies.

apple banana banana-orange bubblegum chocolate chocolate-cherry
Apple Banana Banana-Orange Bubblegum Chocolate Chococlate-cherry
citrus-punch grape grape-bubblegum grapeade lemon orange
Citrus Punch Grape Grape-Bubblegum Grapeade Lemon Orange
rospberry sour-apple strawberry vanilla watermelon cherry
Raspberry Sour Apple Strawberry Vanilla Watermelon Cherry


How does FLAVORx work

Children’s medications generally come in only one flavor from the drug manufacturer. But think about how many flavour choices our kids have for juices, cereals and fruit snacks. The fact is every child has a different idea of what tastes good to them. FLAVORx™ lets children and their parents customize the medicine to whatever they’d prefer it to taste like. These are the most commonly used prescription and OTC liquid medications – all great candidates for flavoring:

kid-medicine •    Acetaminophen (Tylenol®)
•    APAP w/Codeine (Tylenol® w/Codeine)
•    Albuterol (Proventil®)
•    Amoxicillin (Amoxil®)
•    Amox Tr-K/Clav. (Augmentin®)
•    Amox Tr-K/Clav. ES (Augmentin® ES)
•    Azithromycin (Zithromax®)
•    Brometane® DX (Bromfed® DM)
•    CP DEC® DM (C-Phen® DM)
•    Carbofed® DM (Andehist® DM NR)
•    Cefdinir (Omnicef®)
•    Cephalexin (Keflex®)
•    Clindamycin (cleocin)
•    H-C Tussive® (Histinex® HC)
•    Hydrocodone-APAP (Lortab®)
•    Hydrocodone Compound (Hycodan®)
•    Hydroxyzine (Atarax®)
•    Ibuprofen (Motrin®)
•    Iophen-C NR (Cheratussin® AC)
•    Lactulose (Enulose®)
•    Loratadine (Claritin®)
•    Nystatin (Mycostatin®)
•    Oseltamivir (Tamiflu®)
•    Poly-Vit w/Fluoride (Poly-Vi-Flor®)
•    Prednisolone (Prelone®)
•    Promethazine (Phen ergan®)
•    Prometh w/Codeine (Phenergan® w/Codeine)
•    Promethazine DM (Phenergan® DM)
•    Ranitidine (Zantac®)
•    Sulfamethoxazole w/TMP (Sulfatrim®)
•    Tussionex® Pennkinetic
•    Vi-Q Tuss® (Hydrocodone/Guaifenesin)
FLAVORx is designed to safely combat the bitter and unpleasant tastes associated with many liquid medications and http://cialisfrance24.com science is the secret to our success. In developing our unique combination of ingredients including the FLAVORx™ Bitterness Suppressor, Sweetening Enhancer, and blend of natural and artificial flavors, we carefully studied the ways in which your tongue recognizes and reacts to five specific tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. After thorough research, we developed a product that works with your child’s sensitive taste buds and noses to eliminate the bitter and chalky tastes and chemical smells that make traditional liquid medications hard to swallow. FLAVORx™ is designed to safely combat the bitter and unpleasant tastes associated with many liquid medications and science is the secret to our success.  

Anatomy and Physiology of Taste

Taste is a chemical sense which provides important information on the chemical composition of food. It is one of the body’s mechanisms developed to recognize foods needed for nutritional value as well as a natural defense mechanisms helping to identify harmful substances. For example, bitter flavours are more commonly associated with natural toxins where sweet tastes are associated with energy rich foods needed for survival. Flavour, is created when additional senses such as sight and smell are included into the experience.