Comment on What if medicine intentionally tastes bad?
BreadOven@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
That’s just dumb. The drug compounds themselves taste bad. A lot of work goes into making them palatable… especially in children’s formulations.
It’s the drugs themselves that taste horrible. It’s not intentional, it’s just how they are.
untorquer@quokk.au 13 hours ago
You’re not wrong about some drugs but others taste bad simply because they don’t consider flavor and you’re supposed to just swallow them anyways.
Some Ibuprofen pills which taste neutral to pleasant while others are awfully bitter. Ibuprofen itself has a clinical or sterile or saline IV flavor, not offensive.
Unflavored sugar pill is a pretty awful taste on its own.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
If unflavored sugar pills taste bad then estradiol tastes weirdly good. I’d just assumed it was the sugar
untorquer@quokk.au 3 hours ago
I’ll edit the post slightly but i think it’s safe to assume this is the case 🤣