HELLO

I'm 23, just trying to survive as an adult...somehow I've survived a year

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BIG NEWS

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bless you

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[dnotive]

HEY. HOW DID YOU GET SO BIG.

WHAT KIND OF DOG ARE YOU.

I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

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You can accidentally make a person but you can’t accidentally make a pizza.

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[just-shower-thoughts]

The number of people older than you is constantly shrinking with nothing increasing it.

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[teachagainstfascism]

i just have this persistent feeling of “i’m not doing enough” combined with “i don’t have the energy to do anything” and it just really fucking sucks

[yaaasssdoctor]

We had a little girl who was refusing to take her oral ciprofloxacin and most of our team was getting frustrated with her for being so difficult, but the pharmacist rounding with us took note and decided to *literally* give us a taste of our own medicine. Most were palatable, some with a bit of a gross aftertaste, but cipro… oh god, the cipro stays burned into your taste buds’ memories for hours…

[dxmedstudent]

I don’t really like bananas. I eat them, sometimes, but I don’t really enjoy the taste. I used to have to be given a lot of antibiotics as a kid. And no matter how much artificial flavouring they add, the syrup still sucks. The one I remember most vividly was the banana-flavoured (I think) amoxicillin. I hated that stuff; it looked and tasted like they soaked some fluorescent yellow highlighters in icing. So I think antibiotics probably affected my enjoyment of bananas ever since. Meanwhile, calpol (paracetamol) syrup tasted like the insides of the strawberry Roses chocolates, and I actually really liked the taste of both.

[gerinurse]

When I was a student nurse doing my pediatirc clinical rotation I had the most amazing instructor. Whenever one of us had to calculate or pour any kind of liquid med she would put a tiny bit in a med cup and the use a tongue depressor to dip into it and make us rub the residue on our tongues. It was enough to let us taste the mixture as well as get the aftertaste of some of the drugs. It gave me an entirely different appreciation for liquid medications. In my career now with the elderly we often have nurses and doctors wanting to order liquid preparations because “it will be easier for the person to swallow”. What they don’t realize is that in adult dosages we are sometimes looking at 60mls of that liquid that tastes nothing like a strawberry or oranges. They then wonder why some poor old man spat his liquid medication all over them. Antibiotics are not as large in the dosing as things such as Colace (Ducosate) or Acetaminophen (paracetamol )but they usually taste disgusting and as @yaasssdoctor said, the cipro sticks with you for hours and is one of the worst.

[imreadytobestrong]

I had pneumonia three times as a kid, and I remember the disgusting taste (and smell, and pink coloring) of the medication all too well.

[shorterstrides-fasterpace]

The pink medication I had to take as a kid is one of the main reasons I HATE light pink. For a long time I would still smell and taste it when I saw the color.

[cranquis]

If you (like me) never got to taste liquid medications, you can often call your most reliable local pharmacist and ask them to rank your most-prescribed liquid meds by taste/tolerability.

For antibiotics (here in the US), my pharmacist once told me:

Amoxicillin: sugary bubble-gum, most kids tolerate

Augmentin: over-ripe banana, some kids like, most don’t

Augmentin ES: less-ripe banana, better tolerated, also more concentrated to smaller mL dosage required

Azithromycin: depends on manufacturer, 50/50 tolerated

Cefdinir (Omnicef): berry, most kids tolerate

Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim): I’ve never asked about the flavor, but be aware that the dilute concentration = humongous mL doses for kids beyond toddler weight.

Cephalexin (Keflex): “nasty, even if we add flavoring to it”

And for patients who require a certain drug, but just can’t handle the taste of the liquid at all, talk to your pharmacist about possibly using the pill form (capsules opened and sprinkled, tablets crushed/chewed, etc). 

[caringintensely]

^^^A+ Peds Info. I’ll add that Cefdinir can turn the child’s stool red, and its best to forwarn the parents about that for obvious reasons.

[emergency-nurse]

good info for the common mom!

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[wilwheaton]

(via How to fight.)

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[visvya]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHkIUCJghPG/

[meghli]

Lmfao his dying wish is for women to be incubators

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[pure]

Bruh I looked this dude up, and he and his family would harass women going to medical facilities that offered abortions. The article says he’d personally approach women going to Planned Parenthood and “preach” to them too. Good riddance. One less barbarian with Christian brain rot roaming the streets.

[the-wolfbats]

On the flip side;