Young Boy got comatosed and his bones broke for snacking on gummy vitamins for daily basis
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
Calgary, Alberta
June 19, 2018 2:32am CST
When I was a kid, I admit I love the taste of Flintstones chewable vitamins that even as an adult I still take them but in right dosages. So what will happen if you overdose in Vitamins?
An upper middle class single mother decided to immigrate to the US so she and her young son can have a new life after her husband left her. Her son loves eating gummy candies. Being a foreigner, she is not aware that chewable vitamins are not candies. In her country candies are in bottles so she got that assumption.
Her son eats 120 capsules a day. The overdose on his body corroded his bones, It got his stomach bloated and eventually the boy is comatosed.
I don't know how many of you guys grew up on chewable vitamins but I am sure some of you are glad your parents control your dosage.
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I don't know how many of you guys grew up on chewable vitamins but I am sure some of you are glad your parents control your dosage.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
19 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker , Yes, we have many of such medicines in the market. But they are sold to the parents only. No kids are permitted to have them from the shop! Thanks for updation!
but candy or not, 100+ of that daily is insane@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
Many of the modern ones tasted exactly like gummy bears. You wont be thinking it's vitamins.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
19 Jun 18
It is a sad story. I have never had gummy vitamins. I have never seen them in the Danish shops, but they might exist.. My mother gave me ordinary vitamin pills. I hated them and I definitely didn't eat too many!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker Yes, the old vitamins don't cause addictions. I have never tried the gummy vitamins, but I guess the taste is very different.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
@Porcospino They tasted like those sour and sweet gummy candies. The sugar coated gummy bears.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Jun 18
I think the old school vitamins kids hate seemed like a better option so kids wont be addicted and sneak out at night to chew some.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
Yup really tragic, Do you use chewables as a kid?
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
@TheHorse Flintstones is my brand. I really loved it.
@TheHorse (205269)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker I did! Yum!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
Blame Alexa. she can't understand my dictation.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
@TheHorse When I am at work, I dictate to Alexa then copy paste it to mylot. Sometimes she mess up a lot.
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@TheHorse (205269)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker I'd give her a terse talking to.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
19 Jun 18
I was so jealous of my classmates back in kinder who are eating those chewables. Thank God my parents did not give us those. 
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
I mean look at this bottle, You will really think it is candy you can devour for snacking.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 Well Millennial parents are less strict so....More darwinism happens.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
19 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker Yeah, I get it but still will the parents tolerate this?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
I think the mom mistake them for candies since the bottles have cartoon characters.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
Yup, When I was a kid I only have 1 per meal, I kept the same dosage as an adult.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
19 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker
We are using the imported brand before but now gummy vitamin C only
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
19 Jun 18
That is so sad! I really do dislike how they market kid vitamins and health products as if they are like candy/toys.
I don't buy the gummies- so I don't even know if they have a warning label.
I feel so bad for the child and mom. I had no idea that could happen.
I know that similar bad health things can happen when people play doctor and mix vitamins + over the counter suppliants.....
But kid chewy vitamins??
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
Commercials like this give moms the assumption they are safe. Well they are safe in the right dosage. I know there are parents who make their kids eat these like snacks because they think it is nutritious. Well it is nutritious but kids should not overdose.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jun 18
Ohh that's so sad to know.. poor young boy
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jun 18
There are chewable for adults. They are safe as long as you wont overdose.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jun 18
Even if one mistakes them for candies, 100+ in a day is too much. It sounds insane. Poor child and his mum
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
And it cause the boy his life. This shows everything should be in moderation.
@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker Yes moderation is a must. Excess of anything is bad.
@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
20 Jun 18
120/day???? Even if they were just candies, that's not healthy at all, think of all the sugar for instance. It doesn't matter what it is, if you abuse it, it'll get back at you. I can hardly believe such things, I mean, use your common sense people! Sad, this is very sad...
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Jun 18
He is a kid, Kids dont fear their mortality like adults too, I mean kids had been eating tide pods for Youtube fame.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Jun 18
@Kasjnak The mom is to busy because she is a single mom. She don't hire nannies which is her mistake.
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@Kasjnak (4492)
• Romania
20 Jun 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker, yes, he is a kid. And that's why adults take care of children, they have little to no knowledge at all about the world. Would you let your kids eat hundreds of candies/day? Or eat TIDE pods??? I don't think so...
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