On drinking TheaFlu for the first time

[pseydtonne]

Ass! It tastes so much like lemon-flavored ass! All the great things about cough syrup but you can't chug it.

So you boil 6 ounces of water and put this powder in a mug. Pour boiling water over the powder. Take a sip. Gack. Read ingredients. All the active stuff is the same as what's in Tussin CF (Guafenessin, Sudafed, Dextro) but the inactive ingredients include aspartame (hence the ass-tastics! Hello, N*trasw33t) and some dyes.

Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike downers? I include cough syrup among them. I know some of you kids love the downward spiral but I can't stand it. I also hate the feel of cough syrup -- that nasty taste. Now imagine combining all of my loathings into a hot drink that I can't just gulp because it's scalding hot. Toss in a fake, fake lemon flavor.

No thanks. Not for me. I'll stick to pills.

Some of you may be saying, "but Dante, you're a cheapskate. I suspect you didn't pour this pap smear of a cold cure down the sink." You would be correct. I cut it a few times with tap water and started chugging. I survived Mount Bleh!

Others among you may be asking, "Dante, how do you know what ass tastes like?" I have my ways.

I wanted this stuff to be suitable -- after all, it's made by a local company (the same one with the strips you dissolve on your tongue to do the same stuff). However, I can't recommend it unless your ingestion masochism is stronger than mine.

-lick your cold Papa Smurf, Dante

Comments

[quem98.livejournal.com]

The Apple flavored stuff isn't nearly as icky tasting...

[grace-of-gemini.livejournal.com]

I suppose they think your nose will be too stuffed-up to taste anything. This follows in the grand tradition that all medicine must taste awful to discourage the patient from remaining sick. ;)

I got some a few years back and found it tolerable.
Hang in there, dear friend.
Hey! You got sick after I saw you...given the nice hugs and the incubation time of these things I should be sick now too...gads, I love Huna. :P

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

I thought it tasted awful so you know it's working.

"Blech! This tastes terrible! Must be strong stuff."

[dimers.livejournal.com]

Theraflu doesn't make me feel better. It makes me feel nauseous on top of feeling sick. I feel ya, brotha.

[fuzzplugjones.livejournal.com]

People who respond to intentionally-absurd colloquialisms like "tastes like ass" with "how do you know what ass tastes like?" are idiots.