help! make it taste betterplease...miracle fruit synsepalum dulcificum is found in west africa and...

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Tricks to make medication taste better RX BetterRX Informational Series [email protected] www.betterRX.com (855) 590-2100 Sonic Ice Chips By chewing or sucking on ice chips and freezing the tongue tasting cannot take place. Popcicles Popsicles combine 2 or more tricks to making crushed/liquid medications more palatable. Orange Dreamsicle anyone? Chill Pills Place crushed pills/liquid in the freezer for 10 minutes before taking them. The tongue "feels" the cold before "tasting" the pills. Camoflage the Taste Make it Sweet Mary Poppins IS practically perfect and a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. Combine crushed tablet with powdered sugar, KoolAid and a little water - who could say no? Coat the Tongue Chocolate masks bitter better than most anything. Crush a tablet and place on spoon coated with chocolate syrup. Make sure the chocolate coats the tongue first then let the tablets go. Jello Shots Make Jello Jigglers and "hide" crushed tablets inside. **WARNING** add medication after cooled as heat can cause most medication to lose potency. Use JIGGLER recipe not regular jello. (see below) Miracle Fruit Synsepalum dulcificum is found in West Africa and the berry contains miraculin which bonds to taste buds and makes sour/bitter foods taste sweet. Tablets of mBerry can be purchased. Syrups Galore Thank you Starbucks for making a wide variety of syrups easily available. ButterRum, marshmallow, vanilla, chocolate, wild cherry and mint are just some that help mask bitter tastes. Overstimulation Citrus Over-saturating the taste buds with one flavor helps mask bitterness. Lemonheads, chewing on lemon/orange rinds, did someone mention Orange Dreamsicle? Spice it Up In addition to oversaturating the tastebuds, some spices like clove have a numbing effect. Concentrate It The trifecta - Orange Juice Concentrate - Frozen Citrus Syrup!! American Ingenuity Gels and Sprays There are products on the market like SwallowAid and PillGlide that "lubricate" the back of the mouth and throat to assist in pill swallowing. Devices There are also devices on the market like Oralflow and EasyFlow that quickly get the pill to the back of the throat followed by water or juice. Help! Make it taste better....Please Numb the Tongue

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Page 1: Help! Make it taste betterPlease...Miracle Fruit Synsepalum dulcificum is found in West Africa and the berry contains miraculin which bonds to taste buds and makes sour/bitter foods

Tricks to make medication taste better

RX BetterRX Informational Series

[email protected] www.betterRX.com (855) 590-2100

Sonic Ice Chips By chewing or sucking on ice chips and freezing the tongue tasting cannot take place.

Popcicles Popsicles combine 2 or more tricks to making crushed/liquid medications more palatable. Orange Dreamsicle anyone?

Chill PillsPlace crushed pills/liquid in the freezer for 10 minutes before taking them. The tongue "feels" the cold before "tasting" the pills.

Camoflage the TasteMake it Sweet

Mary Poppins IS practically perfect and a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. Combine crushed tablet with powdered sugar, KoolAid and a little water - who could say no?

Coat the TongueChocolate masks bitter better than most anything. Crush a tablet and place on spoon coated with chocolate syrup. Make sure the chocolate coats the tongue first then let the tablets go.

Jello Shots Make Jello Jigglers and "hide" crushed tablets inside. **WARNING** add medication after cooled as heat can cause most medication to lose

potency. Use JIGGLER recipe not regular jello. (see below)

Miracle FruitSynsepalum dulcificum is found in West Africa and the berry contains miraculin which bonds to taste buds and makes sour/bitter foods taste sweet. Tablets of mBerry can be purchased.

Syrups GaloreThank you Starbucks for making a wide variety of syrups easily available. ButterRum, marshmallow, vanilla, chocolate, wild cherry and mint are just some that help mask bitter tastes.

OverstimulationCitrus

Over-saturating the taste buds with one flavor helps mask bitterness. Lemonheads, chewing on lemon/orange rinds, did someone mention Orange Dreamsicle?

Spice it Up In addition to oversaturating the tastebuds, some spices like clove have a numbing effect.

Concentrate It The trifecta - Orange Juice Concentrate - Frozen Citrus Syrup!!

American IngenuityGels and Sprays

There are products on the market like SwallowAid and PillGlide that "lubricate" the back of the mouth and throat to assist in pill swallowing.

DevicesThere are also devices on the market like Oralflow and EasyFlow that quickly get the pill to the back of the throat followed by water or juice.

Help! Make it taste better....PleaseNumb the Tongue