Drinking water with bad tasting medicine?

Here are a few tips to help make taking medicine with a bad taste easier:

1. Mix the medicine with a flavored drink: You can mix the medicine with a juice, soda, or other flavored drink that you enjoy. This can help to mask the taste of the medicine.

2. Eat something before taking the medicine: Eating a small snack or meal before taking the medicine can help to coat your stomach and reduce the taste of the medicine.

3. Take a sip of water after taking the medicine: Rinsing your mouth with water after taking the medicine can help to remove any residual taste.

4. Use sugar: Taking a pinch of sugar before or after taking the medicine might cover up the unpleasant taste.

5. Use toothpaste: Brushing your teeth before or after taking the medicine or even rinsing with toothpaste can help mask the taste.

6. Use a straw: Drinking the medicine through a straw can help to bypass your taste buds and reduce the taste of the medicine.

7. Use numbing agents: Some over-the-counter numbing agents can be applied to your tongue or throat before taking the medicine. This can help to numb the taste buds and reduce the taste of the medicine.

8. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist: If the taste of the medicine is making it difficult to take, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. They may be able to suggest other ways to take the medicine or prescribe a different medicine with a better taste.

9. Use gelatin capsules: You can empty your medicine into empty gelatin capsules and swallow those instead of the raw medicine.

10. Use a nasal spray: For some medicines that are available as oral liquids or tablets, a nasal spray version might be available.