DripDrop ORS explained

DripDrop ORS
Type:Private
Foundation:San Francisco, California
Founder:Eduardo Dolhun
Products:Oral rehydration solution powder[1]

DripDrop is an oral rehydration solution company, based in Oakland, CA.[2] [3] [4] Eduardo Dolhun founded the company in 2008 and began manufacturing in 2010. In practice, DripDrop ORS is used as a part of oral rehydration therapy.[5]

History

Dolhun became interested in oral rehydration therapy while he was in Guatemala during a cholera outbreak in 1993. Dolhun began developing the DripDrop formula in 2007[6] and finalized it in 2010.[7] Dolhun tested oral rehydration therapy mixtures of sugars and salts on his patients at his private practice, Dolhun Clinic, in San Francisco, California. DripDrop received US Patent #8557301 in 2013.[8]

Funding rounds raised $3 million in August 2013[9] and $5.6 million in August 2014.[10] [11] [12] [13]

DripDrop won the bronze in the "treatments" category of the Edison Awards in 2014.

Philanthropy

Proceeds from sales of DripDrop support the company's philanthropic efforts.[14] Through the medical not-for-profit organization Doctors Outreach, DripDrop has been used around the world in disaster and relief settings including Haiti and Pakistan in 2010, the Philippines in 2013, Nepal in 2015, Greece and Ecuador in 2016,[15] and Houston and South Africa in 2017,[16] Costa Rica and South Africa in 2020, Campeche[17] and Kentucky in 2021,[18] and Ukraine in 2022.[19]

DripDrop was used to treat Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia by ChildFund International.[20]

Description

DripDrop ORS is designed to promote rehydration and electrolyte replacement in ill children, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition requirements to help prevent dehydration in infants and children. The product is similar to rehydration fluids used by the World Health Organization[21] [22] that are used to treat illnesses such as cholera and rotavirus.

Various academic organizations recommend DripDrop for treating short bowel syndrome.[23] [24] [25]

In 2022, DripDrop Zero was released, a zero-sugar version of the ORS.[26]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DripDrop Medical Grade Hydration . Newsday . 22 November 2014 . 7 December 2014 . Malerie Yolen-Cohen.
  2. Web site: Will America’s Hospitals Adopt a Dehydration Fix From the Developing World?. https://web.archive.org/web/20130823120259/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-22/will-americas-hospitals-adopt-a-dehydration-fix-from-the-developing-world. dead. August 23, 2013. Patrick Clark. 2013-08-22. 2014-09-07.
  3. Web site: Investors bet on oral rehydrator Drip Drop. Patrick Clark. 2013-08-30. 2014-09-07.
  4. Web site: Members Highlight. 2014-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908044019/http://sdmph.org/sdmph-membership/members-highlight/. 2014-09-08. dead.
  5. Web site: What is DripDrop & How Does it Work? . 2022-12-02 . DripDrop . en.
  6. Web site: You May Be Thirstier Than You Think. Ayana Byrd. 19 September 2014. Fast Company. 7 December 2014.
  7. Web site: Mayo Clinic Alumni. 2017. ISSUE 4. 15.
  8. Web site: Patents Assigned to Drip Drop, Inc. - Justia Patents Search. patents.justia.com. 2019-03-28.
  9. Web site: Sam Nazarian Takes A Shot Of Drip Drop. Stanley Green. 2014-09-07.
  10. Web site: This Mundane Product Has Somehow Attracted The Coolest Venture Capitalists Ever, Including Sammy Hagar. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819021025/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/this-mundane-product-has-somehow-attracted-the-coolest-venture-capitalists-ever-including-sammy-hagar-2014-8. dead. August 19, 2014. Peter Farquhar. 2014-08-15. Business Insider. 2014-09-07.
  11. Web site: DripDrop’s rehydration powder gets $5.6M from Sammy Hagar, the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir. Kia Kokalitcheva. 2014-08-14. Venturebeat.com. 2014-09-07.
  12. Web site: Hydration Powder Attracts Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir as Investor. William Alden. 2014-08-14. DEALBOOK, The New York Times. 2014-09-07.
  13. Web site: DripDrop Gets Rock Star Backing for Its Rehydration Product. Timothy Hay . 2014-08-14. www.wsj.com. WSJ, Venture Capital . subscription.
  14. Web site: Joanie . 2020-08-05 . DripDropORS Celebrated as Humanitarian Force for Good - . 2022-12-02 . Bayside Entertainment . en-US.
  15. Web site: Mission Timeline - DripDrop ORS saves lives . 2022-12-02 . DripDrop . en.
  16. Web site: Drip Drop oral re-hydrate powder helps victims of Imizamo Yethu fire . Cape Talk . 20 March 2017 . 23 March 2017 . Mmakgomo Tshetlo.
  17. Web site: DripDrop Hydration: Progress in Campeche, MX . 2022-12-02 . Milled . en.
  18. Web site: 2022-12-02 . DripDrop 2021 Impact Report .
  19. Web site: DripDrop Hydration: Support for Ukraine. . 2022-12-02 . Milled . en.
  20. Web site: Getting Rehydrated in Ebola’s Epicenter . ChildFund International . 8 December 2014 . 22 May 2018 . Kate Andrews.
  21. Web site: WHO Improved formula for oral rehydration salts to save children’s lives . 2022-12-02 . WHO.
  22. Web site: What is DripDrop & How Does it Work? . 2022-12-02 . DripDrop . en.
  23. Parrish. Carol. February 2015. Hydrating the Adult Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome. Practical Gastroenterology.
    1. 138
    . 10–18.
  24. Book: Diet & Beverage Suggestions for Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS). University of Virginia Health System. 2016. 1–4.
  25. Book: Nutrition Guidelines for Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome. University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. 2015. University of Wisconsin. 1–4.
  26. Web site: DripDrop Zero: How it works . 2022-12-02 . DripDrop . en.

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