{{short description|Oral rehydration therapy}} {{distinguish|Drip Drop (disambiguation){{!}}Drip Drop}} {{Infobox company | name = DripDrop ORS | logo = File:DripDroplogo.png | type = Private | founded = San Francisco, California | founder = Eduardo Dolhun | key_people = | products = Oral rehydration solution powder<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newsday.com/travel/holiday-gifts-for-travelers-for-christmas-hanukkah-1.4211582 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141102193156/http://www.newsday.com/travel/holiday-gifts-for-travelers-for-christmas-hanukkah-1.4211582 | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 2, 2014 | title = DripDrop Medical Grade Hydration | publisher = Newsday | date = 22 November 2014 | access-date = 7 December 2014 | author = Malerie Yolen-Cohen}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://dripdrop.com/}} }}

'''DripDrop''' is an oral rehydration solution company, based in Oakland, CA.<ref name="businessweek">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-22/will-americas-hospitals-adopt-a-dehydration-fix-from-the-developing-world|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 23, 2013|title=Will America’s Hospitals Adopt a Dehydration Fix From the Developing World?|author=Patrick Clark|date=2013-08-22|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name="sfgate">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Investors-bet-on-oral-rehydrator-Drip-Drop-4776249.php|title=Investors bet on oral rehydrator Drip Drop|author=Patrick Clark|date=2013-08-30|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name="sdmph">{{cite web|url=http://sdmph.org/sdmph-membership/members-highlight/|title=Members Highlight|access-date=2014-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908044019/http://sdmph.org/sdmph-membership/members-highlight/|archive-date=2014-09-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> Eduardo Dolhun founded the company in 2008 and began manufacturing in 2010.<ref name=sfgate /> In practice, DripDrop ORS is used as a part of oral rehydration therapy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is DripDrop & How Does it Work? |url=https://www.dripdrop.com/how-it-works/dripdrop |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=DripDrop |language=en}}</ref>

==History== Dolhun became interested in oral rehydration therapy while he was in Guatemala during a cholera outbreak in 1993.<ref name=businessweek /><ref name=sfgate /> Dolhun began developing the DripDrop formula in 2007<ref name="fastcompany">{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3035651/innovation-agents/you-may-be-thirstier-than-you-think|title=You May Be Thirstier Than You Think|author=Ayana Byrd|date=19 September 2014|publisher=Fast Company|access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> and finalized it in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alumniassociation.mayo.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/mc4409-1704.pdf|title=Mayo Clinic Alumni|year=2017|series=ISSUE 4|page=15}}</ref> Dolhun tested oral rehydration therapy mixtures of sugars and salts on his patients at his private practice, Dolhun Clinic, in San Francisco, California.<ref name=businessweek /><ref name=sfgate /> DripDrop received US Patent #8557301 in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.justia.com/assignee/drip-drop-inc|title=Patents Assigned to Drip Drop, Inc. - Justia Patents Search|website=patents.justia.com|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>

Funding rounds raised $3 million in August 2013<ref name="jewishbusinessnews">{{cite web|url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/09/03/sam-nazarian-takes-a-shot-of-drip-drop/|title=Sam Nazarian Takes A Shot Of Drip Drop|author= Stanley Green|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name=sfgate /> and $5.6 million in August 2014.<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/this-mundane-product-has-somehow-attracted-the-coolest-venture-capitalists-ever-including-sammy-hagar-2014-8|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 19, 2014|title=This Mundane Product Has Somehow Attracted The Coolest Venture Capitalists Ever, Including Sammy Hagar|author=Peter Farquhar|date=2014-08-15|publisher=Business Insider|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name="venturebeat">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/08/14/dripdrops-rehydration-powder-gets-5-6m-from-sammy-hagar-the-grateful-deads-bob-weir/|title=DripDrop’s rehydration powder gets $5.6M from Sammy Hagar, the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir|author=Kia Kokalitcheva|date=2014-08-14|website=Venturebeat.com|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name="dealbook">{{cite web|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/hydration-powder-attracts-rock-musicians-as-investors/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1|title=Hydration Powder Attracts Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir as Investor|author=William Alden|date=2014-08-14|publisher=DEALBOOK, The New York Times|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref><ref name="pevc">{{cite web|url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00120140814ea8eajl2l&cid=32135016&ctype=ts&from=From&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%2fArticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00120140814ea8eajl2l%26cid%3d32135016%26cty|title=DripDrop Gets Rock Star Backing for Its Rehydration Product|author=Timothy Hay |date=2014-08-14|website=www.wsj.com|publisher=WSJ, Venture Capital |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

DripDrop won the bronze in the "treatments" category of the Edison Awards in 2014.<ref>{{Citation |title=Eduardo Dolhun's interview at the Edison Awards |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL9z06Vmya4 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref>

== Philanthropy == Proceeds from sales of DripDrop support the company's philanthropic efforts.<ref name="pevc" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Joanie |date=2020-08-05 |title=DripDropORS Celebrated as Humanitarian Force for Good - |url=https://baysideentertainment.com/dripdropors-celebrated-as-humanitarian-force-for-good/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Bayside Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>

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,<ref>{{Citation |title=DripDrop ORS Saving a Life in 15 Minutes is covered by CNN in Pakistan, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZf4-HrNCsM |language=en |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=DripDrop oral rehydration therapy case study of rehydrating infant in 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrCiFaBJLBo |language=en |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref> the Philippines in 2013, Nepal in 2015, Greece and Ecuador in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission Timeline - DripDrop ORS saves lives |url=https://www.dripdrop.com/mission/mission-timeline |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=DripDrop |language=en}}</ref> and Houston and South Africa in 2017,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/249027/drip-drop-oral-re-hydrate-powder-helps-victims-of-imizamo-yethu-fire | title = Drip Drop oral re-hydrate powder helps victims of Imizamo Yethu fire | publisher = Cape Talk | date = 20 March 2017 | access-date = 23 March 2017 | author = Mmakgomo Tshetlo}}</ref> Costa Rica<ref>{{Citation |title=DripDrop Company Mission Trip to Costa Rica |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMefcQt6zv4 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref> and South Africa in 2020, Campeche<ref>{{Cite web |title=DripDrop Hydration: Progress in Campeche, MX |url=https://milled.com/dripdrop-hydration/progress-in-campeche-mx-CUyPsI07mpmp-Oj7 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Milled |language=en}}</ref> and Kentucky in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-02 |title=DripDrop 2021 Impact Report |url=https://dripdrop.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/cms/files/DD_ImpactReport2021_v05.pdf}}</ref> and Ukraine in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DripDrop Hydration: Support for Ukraine. |url=https://milled.com/dripdrop-hydration/support-for-ukraine-W31pJQfUizSLNv2K |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Milled |language=en}}</ref>

DripDrop was used to treat Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia by ChildFund International.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.childfund.org/Content/NewsDetail/2147488137/ | title = Getting Rehydrated in Ebola’s Epicenter | publisher = ChildFund International | date = 8 December 2014 | access-date = 22 May 2018 | author = Kate Andrews}}</ref>

== 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHO {{!}} Improved formula for oral rehydration salts to save children’s lives |url=https://apps.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr14/en/index.html |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=WHO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What is DripDrop & How Does it Work? |url=https://www.dripdrop.com/how-it-works/dripdrop |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=DripDrop |language=en}}</ref> that are used to treat illnesses such as cholera and rotavirus.

Various academic organizations recommend DripDrop for treating short bowel syndrome.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Parrish|first=Carol|date=February 2015|title=Hydrating the Adult Patient with Short Bowel Syndrome|journal=Practical Gastroenterology|volume=#138|pages=10–18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Diet & Beverage Suggestions for Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)|publisher=University of Virginia Health System|year=2016|pages=1–4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Nutrition Guidelines for Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome|publisher=University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation|year=2015|location=University of Wisconsin|pages=1–4}}</ref>

In 2022, DripDrop Zero was released, a zero-sugar version of the ORS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DripDrop Zero: How it works |url=https://www.dripdrop.com/how-it-works/dripdrop-zero |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=DripDrop |language=en}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * [http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2014/October2014/R662_October2014 Considerations for the Pharmacist About Oral Rehydration Therapy]

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