Topic: Metallic taste of Biaxin pill and Biaxin suspension
Dave6002
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Usually, I take Biaxin suspension instead of pills and don't have the metallic taste.
However, yesterday I took Biaxin pills (1000mg) directly without making them suspension, for the first time I got the metallic taste and a little upset of stomach, suggesting that the metallic taste probably is a result of disturbed stomach, and supports the idea that suspension abx is easier for the stomach than the pill abx.
Most Lymies I believe are taking pills or capsules and many complained that abx damaged their stoomach.
So suspension or liquid abx might be the solution to the metallic taste and more importantly to reduce or eliminate the stomach damaging side effects of abx, making abx more tolerable and more efficient through increasing the bioavailability as I stated in another thread months ago.
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Tracy9
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What, you don't like the feeling of having a quarter in your mouth, Dave????
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Dave6002
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No, I like dollar bills. Posts: 1078 | From Fairland | Registered: Apr 2006
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charlie
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The bills are supposed to be rolled up and go in your nose...
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charlie
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Seems like I remember being told the suspension is used to administer it to kids.
Biaxin is used against H Pylori anyway....along with amox (and prilosec I think), so it ought to be pretty benign as far as stomach effects.
the nasty taste is just an unwelcome side effect....I got used to it finally.
If you want a truly evil taste take biaxin and tinidazole together.
Charlie
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djf2005
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adamm-
a bad taste in your mouth is a small price to pay for killing schetes.
try taking your abx, then a lozenge right after.
young living makes one called "thieves" that is very good. it also helps manage oral thrush.
good luck
humbly
derek
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TheCrimeOfLyme
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I disagree, If you want to wretch your guts out, open up an artemisinin capsule and eat the powder. I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
Anyways, Biaxin has that effect. I believe it says on the leaflet that it may cause a metallic taste in the mouth. I hated it, but I took it. I just ate a handful of stuff right after taking it to minimize that effect. It kinda worked
Its probably the metal they put in some abx, if you want my honest opinion.
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CaliforniaLyme
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Yup BIAXIN yuck yuck- i thought it was coppery like bitter pennies myself-hands down the yuckiest are FLAGYL- try licking THAT- ewck!!!! or LIQUID ZITHROMAX!!! My daughter used to complain every day about it and once I finally said, 'Oh, it can't be THAT bad!"" and tried it- and it tasted sugary sweet and cherry-ish and FINE and THEN the vile-est aftertaste came flooding into my mouth- this obscenely horrible taste!!! PUKEY!!!
"Sorry kiddo!" I told her, "Still hafta do it!"
She LOVED Mepron though!*)!!
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Dave6002
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So far I am still being convinced by myself and trying to take every med (including Arte.) in liquid form or suspension form with a lot of water instead of pills or capsules, which don't make sense to me.
Probably this might be the best way to take oral medicine.
I might have had the explanation: this has something to do with the stomach acid.
When you take oral medicine, you always take with at least a glass of water, which is supposed to dilute the acid.
However, the medicine in solid form would be left behind in the stomach, while water would have be emptied from the stomach.
Now here the deal: without dilution, the concentration of the stomach acid would be very high and some of the medicine would be inactivated by the acid.
That might be why oral medicine is less effective than IV or IM of the same medicine.
The garlic odor from consuming garlic might be generated by the reaction of high concentration of stomach acid with the effective garlic components which are rich in sulfide.
It's well known that sulfides can produce unpleasant oder when react with acids.
I have been wondering why garlic odor is not a problem for me but others.
Now I might have the answer: I used a lot of soup when taking garlic, so the stomach acid was diluted greatly and the reaction of producing garlic odor was greatly reduced.
However, if you take garlic capsules or other solid forms of garlic, even you use water or soup, as stated above, garlic will be left behind and react with high concentration of stomach acids and producing unpleasant odor, consequently the effectiveness of the garlic would be greatly compromised.
In contrast, if a medicine needs to be activated by stomach acids, it is better to take capsules or other solid forms of this medicine.
I don't know any of such medicine.
Maybe stomach acids might enhance some herbs as JImBob on this board seems quite happy with his herb capsules.
So before saying that garlic is not effective, think twice: how did I take it?
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