It's drain cleaner!!

[kpzra]

It may be that I had several types of flavor, since I was on it for almost a year straight. I remember testing them and having to tell my mom which I likes most. The smell still turns my stomach.

[daleduke17]

There'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).

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.

[Sparky]

When I was a child, all medicines for children, if they were flavored at all, were cherry flavored. Because ALL children just LOVE cherry!

Except me. Can't stand the stuff.

[suburbandecay]

Once 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.

[SongsOfDragons]

I remember having a banana-flavoured medicine for when I was sick. Rather thin and pale yellow. I've no idea what drug it was...

[dragon_wings]

bubble gum flavored amoxicillin

I totally didn't mind that stuff. I was actually really sad when I had to start swallowing amoxicillin.

[kpzra]

As a kid, bubble gum flavored amoxicillin. I had to take that stuff so much they actually used me as a test subject for new flavors.

[trailerparkmedic]

I've had to give many patients nasty medications. Usually they're lucky and it's a few tablespoons, so I tell them to take it like a shot of alcohol and I have some water to chase it with. One guy had to take a LOT of stuff (like half a cup?) that smelled like rotten eggs and tasted worse. We mixed it with grape juice but he still grimaced the whole time.

[Bright_Star]

3 words. Cod Liver Oil. My mom forced us to take that when we were kids. It really "moved the mail"...lol.

[SongsOfDragons]

So 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.

This stuff comes in a bottle that emulates those that drain cleaner comes in!! You know, rigid plastic with a built-in handle. It's sweet but it tastes like burnt yoghurt...I guess that's the milk sugar in it...and it's so thick it makes me gag! XP

I'm glad the stuff is only icky to take though, it seems to be making things more comfortable and otherwise doesn't have any nasty side effects showing. So that's good. And I'm sure burnt yoghurt drain cleaner isn't the nastiest-to-take oral medicine out there, so I guess I'm lucky in that aspect.

Anyone else have icky medicine-taking stories? I remember a formulation aimed at kids that was flavoured with oranges, but it was too sour...too much flavouring...