Patients dislike oral medicines because of their bitter tastes. This is the result of a poll posted in LinkedIn.

1. POLL RESULT ON
ORAL MEDICINES
THAT
TASTE BITTER
By
Kevin KF Ng, MD, PhD.
Former Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
University of Miami, Miami, FL., USA.
Email: kevinng68@gmail.com
A Slide Presentation foe HealthCare Providers July 2022

2. Oral bitter medicines
▪ Patients dislike oral medicines because of their bitter taste.
▪ "Good medicine tastes bitter” according to a Chinese proverb.
▪ What is the percentage of oral medicines that taste bitter?

3. What is the percentage of oral medicines that taste bitter?
A poll posted in LinkedIn from July23 to July 30, 2022
25%
50%
75%
100%

4. Results on the % of voters for oral medicines that tastes bitter
30 votes with 1,432 impressions in LinkedIn from July 23 to July 30, 2022
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kf-ng-90543267/recent-activity/shares/

5. Demographics of LinkedIn people reached with 1,432 impressions
https://www.linkedin.com/analytics/post-summary/urn:li:activity:6956594787152003072/

6. Ancient wisdom
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7. Coming Slide Presentation
Linkedin.com/in/kevin –kf-ng-90543267/