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How do we do it? That's easy: sound science and a
company with heart. For over a decade now, we've been providing
pharmacies a complete system of FDA-approved flavorings that they can
add to over 300 medications. And all of this without affecting the
safety or effectiveness of the drug!
Currently, the FLAVORx
system is used in over 30,000 pharmacies, in every state of the nation,
as well as internationally in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Puerto
Rico . To date, pharmacists have flavored over 40 million rescriptions
flavored safely and effectively with FLAVORx. This
has helped lessen the discomfort that sick people experience. Who
wouldn't have a smile on their face working with us?
Many
parents struggle to get their kids to take medicine, and our company's
founder, CEO and president, Kenny Kramm, was no exception. Kenny's
second daughter, Hadley, developed cerebral palsy and a seizure
disorder that required her to take medicine four times a day to prevent
seizures and to stay alive. The medicine tasted awful and was extremely
difficult for Hadley to keep down, resulting in many trips to the
hospital emergency room. Luckily, Kenny worked in his family's
pharmacy, and he and his father (a pharmacist for 40 years) started to
experiment with concentrated flavorings to disguise the taste of her
medication. They successfully produced a banana flavor and Hadley was
able to swallow her medicine in its entirety. They were thrilled
because Hadley's condition was stabilized, and also because it
alleviated her anxiety and distress, not to mention theirs. Kenny
realized that making medicine more palatable could be of use to all
children (and their parents), and to patients of any age.
Medicines flavored with FLAVORx
improve medicinal compliance. Research shows that with flavored
medicines patients are more likely to take the entire dose, which means
they recover more quickly. FLAVORx has solved many
problems for parents of children suffering from serious illnesses, as
well as those suffering from allergies and common infections. And it's
not just for kids. Adults can ask to have FLAVORx added to their medicine too. One of our 42 flavors will surely help it go down easier.
For
the next three years after effectively flavoring Hadley's medication,
Kenny and his father continued to experiment and test concentrated
flavorings and liquid medications. When FLAVORx began, the standard
flavors that were available to pharmacists did not work well enough to
cover up the bitter tastes of many medicines. The alcohol content was
often too high and most times the flavors contained dyes and colorings
to which some children had sensitivities.
We at FLAVORx
decided to keep developing exciting flavors that would be fun for
children, not just your standard run-of-the mill flavors. We joined
forces with one of the largest flavoring companies in the world to help
custom develop flavors that would be compatible with medications. After
months of thorough scientific testing of our formulations, we let
children taste test the flavors to find out how they liked them. The
flavors that didn't get the children's seal of approval went into the
trash heap and we started again, until we got the best flavors. Most of
our flavors are dye-free, or have a dye-free alternative. All are
sugar-free and most are alcohol-free (those with alcohol contain only
8% or less.)
The taste of many medicines sends kids running in the opposite direction. But with FLAVORx,
kids take their medicine without a fuss. Kids also become more
interested in taking their medicine because they play an active role by
choosing their favorite flavor. These flavors don't make the medicine
taste like candy, but they certainly make it taste better! Children of
all ages can choose any of our 42 great FLAVORx flavors.
We also created three propriety products: the FLAVORx Bitterness Suppressor and the FLAVORx Sweetening Enhancer and FLAVORx
Vitamin/Iron Masking Agent, which are designed to help with medications
when flavoring alone is not enough to do the trick. They are three of
our most useful tools on the FLAVORx rack.
The
FLAVORx Bitterness Suppressor is an encapsulated formulation that
releases sweetness after about a minute to counteract the bitter
aftertaste left by many medications, especially antibiotic suspensions.
It also suppresses the bitter taste of a medication over a longer
period of time. The FLAVORx Sweetening Enhancer is an all natural
formulation that is extremely sweet and counterbalances a bitter taste.
The FLAVORx Vitamin/Iron Masking Agent helps cover up the tinny taste
of iron and the foul taste of vitamins.
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