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Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes
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Quoth ralerin View PostI heard people say that tramadol was nasty, but it was a breeze compared to prednisone.
Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View PostThen I drank a Red Bull. Tasted exactly like that kind of medicine.The High Priest is an Illusion!
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Quoth daleduke17 View PostKaflex (or however it is spelled). That stuff REEKS. It is used for certain kinds of infections (kidney or urinary tract IIRC).
Quoth ralerin View PostPrednisone.
HATE. How nasty, bitter and awful. And if you so much get as a little bit of the outer coating of the pill on your tongue, it clings. Had to chug several glasseso f water to get the edge off. Dear Lord.
I didn't think tramadol was bad at all. Go figure
The three worst tasting meds I can think of are:
Prelone (see above comment)
Mucomyst (given mostly for Tylenol overdoses, has some other uses). Comes in a liquid, smells and tastes like rotten eggs. I mix it with cranberry juice to mask the taste, and put a clear membrane dressing like OpSite over the top of the cup and poke a straw through so the patient doesn't have to smell it.
Activated Charcoal. This usually gets vomited up as well, usually on the nurse as well as all over the patient's front. And it does NOT come out in the wash. I've lost more scrub sets that way.They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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I hated grape Dimetapp. But I have no aversion to grape juice because it resembles the medicine in no way. I, too, learned to swallow pills at a young age. Mom and I even got the doctor to write a script for cough syrup in pill form once."Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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When I was a kid my mother gave me mineral oil. To this day, if I think about how it tasted and what it felt like in my mouth, I will vomit. If ever I should need to throw up, all I'll need to do is think about that hellish stuff.
Also - I had a kitty who had to take lactulose. Sticky stuff, he hated it. Then the vet switched him to Miralax, which you mix in water. He not only didn't mind it, he actually enjoyed getting it squirted into his mouth, and he never had the "problem" again.When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth Food Lady View PostI hated grape Dimetapp. But I have no aversion to grape juice because it resembles the medicine in no way. I, too, learned to swallow pills at a young age. Mom and I even got the doctor to write a script for cough syrup in pill form once.
I had issues learning how to swallow pills, and my parents would crush up any pills I had to take on a spoon and then add a little water. *shudder* It was horrible. Now I can swallow multiple pills of different sizes at the same time. Aldactone has a nice minty after taste!
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Quoth ralerin View PostPrednisone. HATE. How nasty, bitter and awful. And if you so much get as a little bit of the outer coating of the pill on your tongue, it clings. Had to chug several glasseso f water to get the edge off. Dear Lord. I heard people say that tramadol was nasty, but it was a breeze compared to prednisone. I'm one of those weird people that don't mind the taste of "Nobittussin" too much. I used to lick the bottom of the dosage cup. I don't ever really recall taking any medicines I hated as a kid. Except for prednisone last year and this year. Oh *shudder*"Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably
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Not so much taste, but consistency. The giant jug of nasty stuff you drink before a colonoscopy. OMG it was slippery and nasty. Someone said drink it with a straw but that only made it worse. First one I had my dr. gave me a small bottle of stuff, like 6 oz total. But apparetnly that caused kidney damage so they don't recommend or use it anymore.
I finally figured the best way to drink the huge jug o crap was to chug my 8oz glass, then chug some ginger ale to get rid of the feel and taste. I didn't even finish it; I got about 3/4 or so done and was like that's it, anymore, its coming right back up. But the dr. said my insides were nice and clean, so i guess it was enough.
Never had red bull, but I remember the pink nasty liquid. I think it was amoxicillian. BLECH. I can still recall the taste and I haven't had it in problaby 40 years!
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Thankfully I haven't had a lot of experience with liquid medications. But a couple that I rememebr as particurly foul were liquid Immodium AD (not sure they even make that anymore), and pretty much any generic cough syrup.
Liquid Immodium was just pure concentrated evil....not to mention a ripoff becuase one bottle was only two freaking doses.....
Generic cough syrups....God....I can't stand them. There was one I remember taking once that tasted like gunpowder (more specifically, it tasted like the smell of whatever gunpowder /flash powder was used in cap guns).
I refuse to buy cough syrups that aren't name brand because of this. Those don't exactly taste *good* but they are at least tolerable."We guard the souls in heaven; we don't horse-trade them!" Samandrial in Supernatural
RIP Plaidman.
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Quoth Dave1982 View PostThankfully I haven't had a lot of experience with liquid medications. But a couple that I rememebr as particurly foul were liquid Immodium AD (not sure they even make that anymore), and pretty much any generic cough syrup.
Liquid Immodium was just pure concentrated evil....not to mention a ripoff becuase one bottle was only two freaking doses.....
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I can't remember what it was, but years and years ago, my brother and I were both sick, and needed some sort of medicine. Having long since discovered that liquid medicine sucks ass, mom asked for the pill version of the medicine. The pharmacist, in all his wisdom, decided that since we were under 12, we needed the liquid version. So what did they do? They crushed the pills and put them in some sort of vaguely banana flavored suspension. It was gritty, it was NASTY. We couldn't keep it down at ALL.
... I used to actually like bananas...
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OK, this thread is right up my alley. I think I've got a comment on almost every post...
Quoth SongsOfDragons View PostSo I'm having...uhh...issues with the nether plumbing. I've been given some medicine called Lactulose. Haven't had to take liquid medicine for quite some time, reminds me of younger times.
Grumpy little old man comes in with a prescription for lactulose. Looked like he hadn't smiled in so long, his face had got stuck that way. I filled it for him, told him the directions (even though printed on the label), and said that he had enough in there for six days, and if he needed a refill he could get up to three more bottles.
Sure enough, six days later the guy comes boppin' into the store. Big smile on his face, eyes lit up. He comes dashing up to the counter. flings the empty bottle down so hard it bounces, and hollers, "Here, gimme another bottle of this! That's great stuff, man! And it don't even taste too bad!" Poor guy's bowels probably hadn't worked right in twenty years. He almost looked like a different person...
I also had one patient who was addicted to lactulose.
Quoth trailerparkmedic View PostOne guy had to take a LOT of stuff (like half a cup?) that smelled like rotten eggs and tasted worse.
Quoth suburbandecay View PostOnce when I was a child (nine maybe?), my brother and I were suffering from yet another bout of strep throat and complaining about the "grape flavored" medicine we had to take. My dad got sick of us complaining about the taste of it and said "It can't be that bad". With that, he stuck his thumb over the top of the bottle turned it over and then licked his thumb to taste it. The face he made was priceless. His comment was something along the lines of "That tastes like shit". He then proceeded to tell us we could have a can of pop to wash it down with and left the room.
Once had a 6-year-old child who had to take Penicillin VK. No matter what flavoring I put in there, he'd run up to the door of the pharmacy, spit it out into the parking lot, and come back. Finally I tasted the stuff myself, made a horrible face (couldn't help it) and said, "You know kid, I can't blame you. I wouldn't take this stuff either." Awful, horribly bitter stuff. I eventually came up with apple/cherry/watermelon flavor (IIRC) with extra bitterness suppressor and a few drops of stevia for sweetness.
I did mention to the kid that if he wouldn't take the oral medication, we could always arrange for the doctor to give him a shot instead. He grins at me and says "OK!" Mother chimes in that he never gives them a hard time with shots. I don't know if they went that route or not, but they did walk out with the stuff.
Quoth daleduke17 View PostThere's one medicine I cannot stand, just because of the smell:
Kaflex (or however it is spelled). That stuff REEKS. It is used for certain kinds of infections (kidney or urinary tract IIRC).
The absolute king of stink, though, is clindamycin suspension. That stuff smells like the Fresh Kills garbage transfer plant on a hot day, and that is no exaggeration.
On the flipside, I will concur with Amoxicillin. That stuff was awesome. My daughter had to take it once and whenever my wife or I said "time for medicine" our daughter would run in and want to chug it.
Quoth AccountingDrone View PostBack in the 60s there were still a fair number of meds that had liquorice as part of the flavoring because it 'is sweet and covers the bitter flavor of medication' <insert vomit smiley> I absolutely detest the flavor, and even if something has a little bit of the flavor like anise, celery leaf, angelica it is nauseating to me
Quoth Spork4pedro View PostWhen I was pregnant, whatever drink I had to take when I went in for my blood tests (I believe it was to check diabetes?) came in 3 flavors. Orange, Fruit Punch, and apparently Vomit. I unfortunately got the last flavor the first try around and couldn't keep it in my mouth. Blech! (I'm gagging a bit just thinking about it! *shudder*) .
Quoth Panacea View PostKeflex. Yeah, it does smell. Pen VK has a worse smell though IMHO.
The syrup version [of prednisolone] for children (Prelone) is even worse. Kids usually vomit it back up immediately. I usually use a strong flavored juice like cranberry to mask the taste so they keep it down.
Mucomyst (given mostly for Tylenol overdoses, has some other uses). Comes in a liquid, smells and tastes like rotten eggs.
Quoth Food Lady View PostI hated grape Dimetapp. But I have no aversion to grape juice because it resembles the medicine in no way.
Quoth MoonCat View PostWhen I was a kid my mother gave me mineral oil. To this day, if I think about how it tasted and what it felt like in my mouth, I will vomit. If ever I should need to throw up, all I'll need to do is think about that hellish stuff.
Years later I found that you could also get it in prefilled, disposable enemas (and it even works better that way to boot). I was so pissed off: why hadn't anyone mentioned this to me when I was a kid? So much more pleasant to use it that way. (And I'm not kidding: if you think getting oil squirted up your @$$ is unpleasant, take it from me, by mouth is worse.)
Quoth Catwoman2965 View PostNot so much taste, but consistency. The giant jug of nasty stuff you drink before a colonoscopy.
I finally figured the best way to drink the huge jug o crap was to chug my 8oz glass, then chug some ginger ale to get rid of the feel and taste. I didn't even finish it; I got about 3/4 or so done and was like that's it, anymore, its coming right back up. But the dr. said my insides were nice and clean, so i guess it was enough.
The stuff they have nowadays has flavor-paks with it, and also they've deleted the sulfate salts in some versions, so it's marginally less nasty than it was. Refrigerating it helps too.
Quoth Catwoman2965 View PostOh dear. You just reminded me of something that happend to me as a kid. Apparently I had the runs and the dr. told my mom to give me Kaopetate. Which was NASTY with a capital N.
Quoth Scorpodael View PostI can't remember what it was, but years and years ago, my brother and I were both sick, and needed some sort of medicine. Having long since discovered that liquid medicine sucks ass, mom asked for the pill version of the medicine. The pharmacist, in all his wisdom, decided that since we were under 12, we needed the liquid version. So what did they do? They crushed the pills and put them in some sort of vaguely banana flavored suspension. It was gritty, it was NASTY. We couldn't keep it down at ALL..better thanno worse than any commercially prepared suspension.
Not to mention, why'd he make a suspension if a solid dosage form was specifically asked for?
Incidentally, for those of you in the USA, most chain phamacies (Chain of Verylarge Stores, Aide of Right, Green Wall etc.) and many independents can flavor things for you. Check out the "Wheel Of Yuck" for a comparison of which oral meds taste worst, and which flavors are best with them.Last edited by Shalom; 03-05-2012, 01:09 AM.
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Quoth trailerparkmedic View PostYup. One of the hospitals I did clinicals at would only give Mucomyst PO. I'm really hoping my current hospital does it IV. I'm sure I'll learn about that fairly quickly once I hit nights.
Does a pretty good job of helping patients tolerate the medication.
Be very, very careful with IV Mucomyst. I've never worked with it, but I've heard the dosing and administration is tricky. There have been some deaths. If you don't have a preceptor that's familiar with it, consult with a pharmacist about how to set the drip up properly.They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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