Invented by a Doctor

During a cholera outbreak in Guatemala in 1993, Dr. Eduardo Dolhun traveled to a remote jungle village to help patients suffering from life-threatening dehydration.

Problem was, the oral rehydration solution they were using (though highly effective) was hard to get down, hard to keep down. Especially for kids, who’d unwittingly spit up the very thing that could save them.

The number of preventable deaths due to dehydration stuck with Dr. Dolhun, and led him to seek out a better solution.

What if ORS Could Taste Good?

A remedy is only as effective as a patient's willingness to take it. A major challenge with traditional ORS treatments is they taste terrible (like a cup of seawater). If patients won’t drink an ORS, it can’t work.