Usually off-brand, or uncoated, medications taste extremely bitter. Painkillers, antihistamines, antidepressants and various others come to mind. Why is this? Since all the medications are different, why are they seemingly universally bitter?
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So the kids don’t find them palatable and pop them like candy. In general pills are either color or shape (or usually both) coded, and small, so kids can find it interesting. To reduce the risk, they’re normally made bitter to deter the little curious hands and tongues.
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