Posted by Solstice on February 23, 2012, at 9:36:07
In reply to Re: Daughter's Saphris Complaint » Solstice, posted by Beckett on February 22, 2012, at 23:33:53
> I am one of the few people who actually likes the taste of that stuff. Sour cherry would be closer to the truth.
You're kidding! You're the first one!
I had her take half of the 5 mg last night, and she actually didn't complain about it much. Some of the reviews I read said that after they had taken it a few times, it didn't bother them so much. Maybe it's an acquired taste, like a lot of alcoholic drinks :-)
One thing I'm wondering about, though, is I want to know what the important elements are of this sublingual administration. Some reviewers have said to make sure you make your mouth as dry as possible first - which makes sense because then you're not holding a pool of saliva that gets on your taste budes. But some have said they do things like put an altoid inthere with it.. or a listerine strip.. or various other things in an attempt to offset the bad taste.
But.. what's with the 'don't eat or drink for 10 minutes?'
- Does that mean a mint should NOT be in your mouth while it dissolves?And my daughter says it makes her salivate - so what does she do with that?
- Does she hold the saliva while it disolves, and then swallow it? or..
- Is she supposed to spit the saliva out?And as for placement..
- Does it matter whether it's under the front of the tongue, or can it be under the back part of the tongue?
- What is the purpose of putting it under the tonuge? Once it dissolves and there's saliva, it's all over the inside of the mouth, and when my daughter has swallowed, she says it makes her throat a little numb too. I wish I understood how to make sure the administration is supposed to work.
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> I'm glad you found some positive reviews out there to work with :-)Yeah.. but a lot of them are a year or two old, so I can't ask any of them questions.. so I hope to hear from folks here!
Solstice
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