You want to know what REALLY bothers ME?

The product Kaopectate NOW is really pepto bismol with a new name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaopectate

The FDA required Kaolin (clay) suspension to have new drug applications since it was Grandfathered into approval. Pfizer who had just purchased UpJohn Pharmacia, decided not to spend that money and sold the "name" to a generic house. This company is marketing Kaopectate with the same ingredients as Pepto.
This is a huge mess...the FDA allows it.... since the ingredients in Pepto are not safe in children, or for patients taking blood thinning drugs.

The name Kaopectate has been associated with Kaolin clay for decades, and now professionals are prescribing it for patients thinking it is the same and it is not. An analogous situation would be if Tylenol took the acetaminophen out and put aspirin in it and still called it Tylenol!

And what is really awful? The old stocks of Kaopectate were allowed to be sold off, and in 2004-2005 There were TWO Kaopectates on the shelf in many stores...with different formulas! Now how can this be safe? Logical? NOPE.