An Open Email to Sandoz, the producer of Max’s antibiotic
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: Your amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium product
What are you going to do to improve this terrible product? My 1 year old son will eat and drink just about anything, but he cannot stomach this gut-wrenching excuse for a generic medicine. It tastes so utterly vile that he chokes and spits most of it out, making it impossible to give a correct dosage. The runny chalk-water consistency easily spills everywhere, staining clothes and furniture during the futile attempts to get a tiny human to consume this swill. Was taste even considered when you crafted this noxious posion? How do you expect parents to administer something so repulsive to a child? The worst effect of this garbage is that my son is now weary of taking ANY medicines. He has swallowed up all kinds of medicines in the past with no problem, but this sewage has made him clam up at the very sight of a dropper. I would too. Here’s my novel suggestion for your company: When making a medicine for kids, don’t make it taste like swamp gas.
Oh my. Sounds horrible. I sure hope Sandoz reads this.. A great example of how all brands are NOT the same!
Dude…tell us how you really feel! I guess the suggestion to cover it with peanut butter or cheese (like we do for the dog) doesn’t work here, either. I do hope Max is feeling better, though…no thanks to his yucky medicine.
PS I would have used a term a little more descriptive and original than “yucky medicine”, but you already used all the emphatic synonyms in your tirade, so I didn’t want to copy.