What the ever living fuck is up with that?
I put them in and a minute later – TERRIBLE taste in my mouth. From the eye drops.
I immediately googled it. Because it was obvious to me that I have a Big Cancerous Hole in my eye that leads to my mouth… Its possible that anatomy isn’t my strong point – but the point is – HOLES. Probably Cancer.
Except No. Turns out its normal. There’s a hole but it supposed to be there.
NO ONE TOLD ME!
What is wrong with the Internet?! Why isn’t there some meme or a viral life hack thing or SOMETHING that would have educated me on the weirdness of eyedrops having a taste! This should have been done.
I’m just so disappointed in the internet right now.
LIFE HACK: Press on the inner corner of your eye against your nose to prevent the eye drop from dripping down into your throat and mouth. I recommend this HIGHLY if you are using prednisone drops. They taste really bad.
What is wrong with Drs? The one who prescribed this should have told you, so the medication remains in your eye !
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The stuff still gets down souring your mouth for a month. Usually I have chocolate afterwards. Or a margarita. Or a bag of chips.
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This morning I had cake. It SORTA worked. But man it tastes nasty.
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Cake is good. Maybe you need some chocolate syrup and whipped cream on top.
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I remember when I was a pretty new nurse and I would give patients IV antibiotics and they would tell me they could taste it in the back of their throats. The first couple of times I heard this I thought the patients were imagining things, but then to hear it later from SO MANY patients there had to be truth to it.
About a year later I had my own infection (yay!) and got IV antibiotics. Well, guess what?! I could taste exactly what they had described in the back of my throat! The best explanation I have heard about this is that the cardiovascular system works very quickly as the IV antibiotic gets into your blood stream and the nasopharyngeal is a highly vascular area with the sense of smell playing a huge component in the sense of taste — thus being able to taste the antibiotic as it’s circulated in the bloodstream.
I would say your experience is similar but with actually a much more direct route of the eye, lacrimal area having a route to the nasal area, then the pharynx.
Thanks so much for the tip on the eye drop LIFE HACK tip! I’ve been a nurse for 20 years and didn’t know that about not tasting eye drops … but I’ve also not had problems tasting yucky eye drops or ever heard a patient complain of such.
Thanks so much again for writing this post! Interesting! 🙂
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