Assessment of the palatability of beta-lactamase-resistant antibiotics in children
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Children and adults may differ in their preferences for the taste of oral medications. Researchers tested four oral antibiotics effective against beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in 50 healthy children and 20 healthy adults. Cherry-flavored azithromycin was most often rated best-tasting by children and adults. Children more often found fruit-flavored clarithromycin worst-tasting, and adults more often disliked strawberry-banana-flavored erythromycin-sulfisoxazole medication. Research on the taste of medications for use in pediatrics should include children in the evaluation.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1997
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Compliance With Prescription Filling in the Pediatric Emergency Department
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Most parents in Canada get their child's prescriptions filled when the child is seen in a pediatric emergency department. In a study of the parents of 1,014 children seen in a pediatric emergency department who were given a drug prescription, 93% filled the prescription the same day or on the next day. Of those who didn't, 27% believed the medication was not necessary, 7% could not afford the medication, and 7% said they did not have time. Some were not satisfied with the treatment instructions or the doctor's explanation of their child's medical problem.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 2000
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Palatability of Oral Antibiotics Among Children in an Urban Primary Care Center
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Children may be more likely to take fruit-flavored antibiotics than traditional antibiotics. Researchers asked 30 healthy children to taste test four different antibiotics flavored with four different flavors: azithromycin flavored with cherry, cefprozil flavored with bubble gum, cefixime flavored with strawberry, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid flavored with banana. Nine of the 20 children who expressed a preference chose the strawberry-flavored cefixime as the best-tasting antibiotic.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 2000
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