# Good Tasting Medicine **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900 "2010-01-21T21:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/1 "2010-01-21T21:40:12Z")
[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548839) on bad-tasting medicine made me remember how much I used to love [orange Triaminic](http://www.amazon.com/Triaminic-Allergy-Orange-4-Ounce-Bottles/dp/B002DWA22Y) when I was a kid. My parents also used to buy this bubble-gum flavored cold medicine, it came in a tub and was sort of creamy. I loved that too, though now that I describe it, it sounds pretty foul to adult-me. Any medicines you used to love as a kid? Still love the taste of now? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/2 "2010-01-21T21:41:54Z")
Only one as a kid. As an adult, I loves me some tussin. Every four hours my ass! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/3 "2010-01-21T21:46:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > As an adult, I loves me some tussin. Every four hours my ass! That’s one way to take it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/4 "2010-01-21T21:51:25Z")
Red NyQuil. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/5 "2010-01-21T22:10:14Z")
My younger brother and I always loved chewable Tylenol, both regular and grape. At a certain point, if my parents gave me Tylenol for some reason, my brother would put his hand to his forehead and announce that he thought he had a fever. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/6 "2010-01-21T22:21:42Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > My younger brother and I always loved chewable Tylenol, both regular and grape. At a certain point, if my parents gave me Tylenol for some reason, my brother would put his hand to his forehead and announce that he thought he had a fever. Ooh, I remember that stuff, it was tasty. I did the same fake-sick thing to get the orange Triaminic. Had to be orange, the other flavors were gross. Orange was like ultra-concentrated Tang, with even more sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/7 "2010-01-21T22:53:10Z")
The Tums they make now, in fruit flavours taste pretty good. That’s about the only thing I found so far that tastes good ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/8 "2010-01-21T23:01:52Z")
Dimetapp pills used to taste really good. It’s been 20 years since I took one, but I remember them as sort of grapey. ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/9 "2010-01-21T23:15:35Z")
St Joseph’s aspirin for children had a subtle orange tang. Guess they can’t exactly sell aspirin for children any more though, huh. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/10 "2010-01-21T23:22:22Z")
Bubblegum flavored liquid amoxicillin. 😃 I took it as a kid, I don’t know if they still have that stuff around or not. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/11 "2010-01-21T23:24:43Z")
> [@Polly\_Glot](#): > > St Joseph’s aspirin for children had a subtle orange tang. Guess they can’t exactly sell aspirin for children any more though, huh. They can’t call it “baby aspirin” any more, but they do still sell “low dose” aspirin, and the ones I buy taste just like St. Joseph’s did, slightly orangey. ---
**Author:** ![FrustratedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@FrustratedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrustratedIdiot)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/12 "2010-01-21T23:27:19Z")
Ceclor tastes like strawberries. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/13 "2010-01-21T23:27:24Z")
I’ve heard people from outside the US say they don’t like the taste of root beer and that it reminds them of medicine. I have no idea what kind of medicine tastes like root beer, but since I like root beer it sounds pretty good to me! ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/14 "2010-01-22T01:23:15Z")
Chew a Valium…mmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/15 "2010-01-22T01:25:17Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Dimetapp pills used to taste really good. It’s been 20 years since I took one, but I remember them as sort of grapey. They had it as a liquid too, and I liked that stuff as a kid. Very fake-grapey and sweet, kind of like melted grape Popsicle. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/16 "2010-01-22T05:37:35Z")
> [@Polly\_Glot](#): > > St Joseph’s aspirin for children had a subtle orange tang. Guess they can’t exactly sell aspirin for children any more though, huh. I could have eaten this stuff like candy, given half a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/17 "2010-01-22T05:56:28Z")
I kind of like the regular flavor of Pepto-Bismol. I think that I associate the taste with relief, though, so it might not be the taste. I like the sugar free Hall’s wild cherry cough drops. Oddly, I like them better than the kind with sugar in them. Usually I hate artificial sweeteners and will avoid products that are artificially sweetened. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/18 "2010-01-22T05:59:24Z")
I also loved orange Triaminic as a child. I had to restrain myself from just drinking it at will. As an adult, I love the taste of Robitussin. I actually look forward to getting that cough. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/19 "2010-01-22T06:01:16Z")
Someone mentioned bubblegum flavored Amoxocillian(sp?). That’s a good one, whenever my daughter is sick I always like to sneak a drop here and there (which I shouldn’t, ya know, since I’m allergic to penicillin). But my favorite is Tussionex, it’s some sort of antihistamine and codeine cocktail which tastes wonderful and does an amazing job of getting rid of a cough. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900/20 "2010-01-22T06:23:51Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > They had it [dimetapp] as a liquid too, and I liked that stuff as a kid. Very fake-grapey and sweet, kind of like melted grape Popsicle. I used to LOVE that crap. And I remember my big sister used to sneak spoonfuls when she was perfectly healthy. It was like liquid candy. Too bad it’s [even less effective than a placebo](http://www.chemistry-blog.com/2009/11/22/ditch-the-dimetapp/). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tasting-medicine/525900.md?page=2)