A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? Perspectives on the use of sugar in children's medicines

The contributions of qualitative research towards dental public health practice

“…There are relatively few good examples of this type of research in the oral health field. However, one such study is a mixed quantitative and qualitative study examining the policy issues involved in the removal of sugar from paediatric medicines (13).…”

The contributions of qualitative research towards dental public health practice

“…There are relatively few good examples of this type of research in the oral health field. However, one such study is a mixed quantitative and qualitative study examining the policy issues involved in the removal of sugar from paediatric medicines (13).…”

Quality Drug Therapy in Children: Formulations and Delivery

“…They reported 21 children had difficulty taking liquids but found tablets to be easy to take compared to five children who experienced difficulty taking tablets but found liquids easy to take. Thirty children reported no difficulty with either formulation and five found both to be difficult (3). Particularly for drugs used in patients with chronic disease, the utility of solid dosage forms demands more investigation.…”

Modification of bitter taste in children

“…Common methods of blocking distasteful bitter tastes with encapsulation can be ineffective for children since they often cannot or will not swallow pills or tablets (Steffensen, Pachaï, & Pedersen, 1998). Adding sugars may increase the palatability of some liquid medications, but chronic use of such medicine is problematic because of its association with excessive dental disease (Manley, Calnan, & Sheiham, 1994;Pawar & Kumar, 2002). Moreover, the medical and dental communities have issued calls for the use of noncariogenic substitutes in children's liquid medicines (Manley et al, 1994).…”

The contributions of qualitative research towards dental public health practice

“…There are relatively few good examples of this type of research in the oral health field. However, one such study is a mixed quantitative and qualitative study examining the policy issues involved in the removal of sugar from paediatric medicines (13).…”

Quality Drug Therapy in Children: Formulations and Delivery

“…They reported 21 children had difficulty taking liquids but found tablets to be easy to take compared to five children who experienced difficulty taking tablets but found liquids easy to take. Thirty children reported no difficulty with either formulation and five found both to be difficult (3). Particularly for drugs used in patients with chronic disease, the utility of solid dosage forms demands more investigation.…”

Modification of bitter taste in children

“…Common methods of blocking distasteful bitter tastes with encapsulation can be ineffective for children since they often cannot or will not swallow pills or tablets (Steffensen, Pachaï, & Pedersen, 1998). Adding sugars may increase the palatability of some liquid medications, but chronic use of such medicine is problematic because of its association with excessive dental disease (Manley, Calnan, & Sheiham, 1994;Pawar & Kumar, 2002). Moreover, the medical and dental communities have issued calls for the use of noncariogenic substitutes in children's liquid medicines (Manley et al, 1994).…”

The contributions of qualitative research towards dental public health practice

“…There are relatively few good examples of this type of research in the oral health field. However, one such study is a mixed quantitative and qualitative study examining the policy issues involved in the removal of sugar from paediatric medicines (13).…”

Quality Drug Therapy in Children: Formulations and Delivery

“…They reported 21 children had difficulty taking liquids but found tablets to be easy to take compared to five children who experienced difficulty taking tablets but found liquids easy to take. Thirty children reported no difficulty with either formulation and five found both to be difficult (3). Particularly for drugs used in patients with chronic disease, the utility of solid dosage forms demands more investigation.…”

Modification of bitter taste in children

“…Common methods of blocking distasteful bitter tastes with encapsulation can be ineffective for children since they often cannot or will not swallow pills or tablets (Steffensen, Pachaï, & Pedersen, 1998). Adding sugars may increase the palatability of some liquid medications, but chronic use of such medicine is problematic because of its association with excessive dental disease (Manley, Calnan, & Sheiham, 1994;Pawar & Kumar, 2002). Moreover, the medical and dental communities have issued calls for the use of noncariogenic substitutes in children's liquid medicines (Manley et al, 1994).…”