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	Chococlate-cherry
Citrus Punch	Grape	Grape-Bubblegum	Grapeade	Lemon	Orange
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:

•    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)

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.