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hey so i started my antibiotic the other day and and my biggest side effect bad taste in mouth just started today. its horrible!! all my food and drinks taste like it as well. is there anything i can eat or drink to help a little bit and give me some kinda of relief? the taste makes me sick to my stomach
Whitney,
There are so many different antibiotics, and I don't know which one you're taking. Also, some foods conflict with the active ingredients, so you have to be careful about what you eat with the drug.
I think you can get your best information from your pharmacist. Call and ask to speak to the pharmacist (not a tech), tell him/her what your prescription is (s/he'll probably look it up) and ask how you can mask the taste. Mention that it makes you nauseous.
Good luck!
Trisha Torrey
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Trisha Torrey, Every Patient's Advocate
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When you want to learn more about your diagnosis, medical tests, prescription drugs, talking to your doctor, or just want to find credible and reliable health or medical information on the internet, I can help steer you in the right direction. I'm not a doctor, nor a medical professional. I'm a patient safety, consumerism and advocacy specialist who believes patients do themselves a favor by finding reliable information on the internet, then sharing it with their health care providers.
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The author of You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Health Care You Deserve), I am a consultant in patient advocacy and consumerism. I'm a newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, seminar leader, and owner of two websites to help those who want to learn more about their diseases or conditions: http://patients.about.com and EveryPatientsAdvocate.com
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You Bet Your Life! The 10 Mistakes Every Patient Makes (How to Fix Them to Get the Health Care You Deserve) -- About.com's Guide to Patient Empowerment (http://patients.about.com) EveryPatientsAdvocate.com, syracuse.com (Syracuse Post Standard -- daily newspaper)
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Bachelors and Masters degrees in education. Marketing consultant for 25 years. This work, however, stems from a misdiagnosis I suffered in 2004 when I was told I had a rare cancer. I was able to do the necessary research to prove I had no cancer at all.
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Named CNN's Hero of Patient Empowerment, 2008
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