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0 pointsmnw21cam6y ago0 comments

As someone who has taken uncoated chloroquine tablets mumble years ago, the taste is one of the most foul bitter over-riding tastes one will ever encounter. No amount of sugar mixed in with it took the edge off the taste. The only thing that did it was when they coated the tablets, preventing the chloroquine from touching the tongue.

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sudosysgen6y ago· 1 in thread

A surprising amount of medicines have this incredibly foul taste. I was forced to take oseltamivir during the H1N1 epidemic, and I had to share a pill once (two of my siblings needed a half dose). It tasted so incredibly bitter and just mouth-wrenching

sterwill6y ago

The worst taste experience I ever had was when I accidentally bit down on an ibuprofen gel cap before swallowing it with a small mouthful of room temperature coffee (it was all I had at my office desk). Wow... it instantly numbed the back of my mouth and throat and tasted like volatile chemical waste. I washed it all down as fast as I could with more coffee but that taste and tingly sensation stuck around for 20 minutes.

The ibuprofen did its job though.

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