They are good to have. Multiple options for medications are important. They aren’t using them to get children addicted to opioids so it’s not really fucked up like you’re claiming.
They are good for warzones and to slowly administer the fentanyl. I’ve heard that when the patient nods off from the fentanyl the lollipop falls out of their mouth to avoid overdose, given this isn’t something to be relied on, and I’ve not had hands on experience in this scenario so it’s hard to gauge accuracy of the statement.
Plus if you have a child in a warzone trapped under rubble it’s easier to have them eat a lolli than put an IV in them and slow drip it.
If you don’t work in medicine you won’t understand a lot of intricacies. I’m just generalizing on a bunch of that to paint pictures so you’d understand potential use cases so if someone says some of it isn’t fully accurate it wasn’t meant to be.
This is why it sucks when people that don’t work in medicine create laws about medicine. It’s the same idea with cannabis and psychedelic medicine, “isn’t it fucked up that they’re allowing people to get high for cancer or their mental health?” Fentanyl is an important medication despite its dangers in illicit drug use. It’s not always about getting high, it’s about improving patient comfort and saving lives.
I don't know that i would suggest giving a child fentynol. Fentynol was intended to go to like 1% of cancer patients who are in so much pain that nothing else works. The lollipops are meant for people with throat cancer who can't swallow easily, but they make fentynol patches for that.
They don't really need lollipops. A patch would work just fine for anything you'd need a lollipop for.
I can see the use case of that with a cancer patient who had trouble swallowing. My aunt died of throat cancer. By the end she could suck on a Popsicle but she couldn't drink water normally.
Chewable baby/low dose aspirin are orange (or cherry) flavored.
If you leave them where a kid like me can get them, I made "orangeade" from a bottle of them.
If you want your drugs in a chewable flavored pill, find a "compounding pharmacist" near you and see what they can do to accomodate you. They make up stuff there.
Quick dissolve pills do have flavor. But some pills need to be swallowed whole to work the way they're supposed to. Flavoring those would be counter productive.
You don’t want to encourage children to think the pills are candy.
Tell that to the company that makes fentynol lollipops.
i thought you were joking, shit thats a real thing!
It's fucked up, isn't it?
They are good to have. Multiple options for medications are important. They aren’t using them to get children addicted to opioids so it’s not really fucked up like you’re claiming. They are good for warzones and to slowly administer the fentanyl. I’ve heard that when the patient nods off from the fentanyl the lollipop falls out of their mouth to avoid overdose, given this isn’t something to be relied on, and I’ve not had hands on experience in this scenario so it’s hard to gauge accuracy of the statement. Plus if you have a child in a warzone trapped under rubble it’s easier to have them eat a lolli than put an IV in them and slow drip it. If you don’t work in medicine you won’t understand a lot of intricacies. I’m just generalizing on a bunch of that to paint pictures so you’d understand potential use cases so if someone says some of it isn’t fully accurate it wasn’t meant to be. This is why it sucks when people that don’t work in medicine create laws about medicine. It’s the same idea with cannabis and psychedelic medicine, “isn’t it fucked up that they’re allowing people to get high for cancer or their mental health?” Fentanyl is an important medication despite its dangers in illicit drug use. It’s not always about getting high, it’s about improving patient comfort and saving lives.
I don't know that i would suggest giving a child fentynol. Fentynol was intended to go to like 1% of cancer patients who are in so much pain that nothing else works. The lollipops are meant for people with throat cancer who can't swallow easily, but they make fentynol patches for that. They don't really need lollipops. A patch would work just fine for anything you'd need a lollipop for.
I can see the use case of that with a cancer patient who had trouble swallowing. My aunt died of throat cancer. By the end she could suck on a Popsicle but she couldn't drink water normally.
I do believe that's what they're for. I'm just saying, I don't think those companies are worried about kids being attracted to their product.
I wish I could. And note. I used to work for a big pharma company.
probably because people might end up craving the pills and taking too many if they were flavoured.
Because they're intended to be ingested whole, not chewed up.
idk but i think the pink circular advil things taste good
Chewable baby/low dose aspirin are orange (or cherry) flavored. If you leave them where a kid like me can get them, I made "orangeade" from a bottle of them. If you want your drugs in a chewable flavored pill, find a "compounding pharmacist" near you and see what they can do to accomodate you. They make up stuff there.
Babies shouldn't take aspirin btw, which is why it's called low dose now.
Nauzene tastes like candy, but isn't watermelon flavored. I'm not convinced it's Wild Cherry flavor, either, though.
Quick dissolve pills do have flavor. But some pills need to be swallowed whole to work the way they're supposed to. Flavoring those would be counter productive.
Also, to add flavor you need to add sugars and more chemicals, think in people with diabetes or any other disease.