Tried drinking with Gatorade, Coke, and water. Also tried eating something after.
MethylPREDNISolone Dose Pack - Methlyprednisolone tastes like crap. Any way to solve this issue?
Question posted by Samwill96 on 17 Jan 2016
Last updated on 25 January 2022 by Rose Fueshko
3 Answers
Rose Fueshko
25 Jan 2022
Just stick the pill in applesauce--you won't even know its there. I take all my pills with applesauce.
GinaM93
13 July 2019
I just got prescribed a pack of it, I first just tried putting the pill in the side of mouth but I could taste the bitterness right away and then spit it out. I then took a teaspoon of yogurt and put the pill in that. I quickly put the yogurt and pill in my mouth then chased it with water. Worked just fine. A little bit of an aftertaste but not as bad as just the pill alone.
MsTweetie01
17 Jan 2016
Is this the same as the MedrolPac (a six-day course tapering off until complete)? Or do you take them more often (including qty. each day)? Don't worry, I CAN look it up, but I just finished the MedrolPac and I have to admit it, quite a few times they broke in half when trying to get them out of the blister pak. I took them with my "vitaminwater" (or maybe my yummy coffee once or twice), and I must say the taste is GAWD AWFUL. A couple of times I got them stuck in my throat and melted quickly before I could cough it up. Once in particular a whole one got stuck and I couldn't get it back up by coughing. It melted there and I got one of the worst sore throats I've had in my life (kinda like a strep throat pain but with this horrible bitterness), and it stuck with me for the rest of the day. Nothing really helped the pain. I just made sure I drank a lot of my water (and coffee).
One just needs to take it with whatever they might like to drink, or a spoonful of pudding, or something like that. Taking the six-day course I just decided I had to suck it up until I was finished taking it.
Samwill96
17 Jan 2016
Thanks so much and yes it's the six day pack. I took it with dr. Pepper last night and I was lucky it didn't get caught in my throat with that horrible taste.
MsTweetie01
1 Feb 2016
It was nice hearing from you and glad your experience with Dr. Pepper made taking the medicine more palatable. But are you not off this six-day course by now or is this something you must take more often. There are irreversible side effects to taking steroids of this type such as Prednisone. It can contribute to osteoporosis or make it (if you happen to have it such as myself) worse. This is one reason my pain doctor will only give it to me once or twice a year, when I'm going through almost unbearable pain caused by the inflammation I get. Such as with the agonizingly painful fractured pelvis I am recovering from the past three months. Also know its effects are cumulative (with osteoporosis). And it also can lower you immune system so you might be more susceptible to colds, flu or other ailments. Just remember to tell any health provider you might see that you had, or are taking this drug, so they can monitor any of the possible side effects. Good luck!
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