Taste as a Deterrent in Pediatric Poisonings

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Children [702] were tested to see how much they would ingest of 2 commercially available K supplements, one an effervescent tablet and the other a powder. The children would not ingest either formulation in amounts that even equalled a single adult therapeutic dose. The children appeared to be deterred by both the effervescent quality of the tablet and the unpleasant, metallic after-taste of the powder. An unpleasant taste may act as a deterrent to the child, keeping him from ingesting a toxic amount of a product, at least, when the product has relatively low toxicity.

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