Nope. I’ve tasted the plain powder, and it’s awful. We use it in pediatrics for asthma attacks, severe allergic reactions and such, and it’s a real challenge to get it into a kid who doesn’t swallow pills.
> On Oct 5, 2020, at 3:48 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure the bad taste is intentional so you won't take any more of it > than you absolutely have to. > > On 10/5/2020 15:30:53, Rick Womer wrote: >> Glad she’s on the mend, Ann! Prednisone is nasty, bitter-tasting stuff, very >> difficult to mask. Too bad there aren’t 2.5mg tablets! >> Rick >>> On Oct 5, 2020, at 1:11 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>> I'm glad to hear she's doing better. I hope the "forever" for the weekly >>> 1/2 pills is a long, long time. >>> On 10/5/2020 08:08:06, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>> Now that she is much better and has gained back some weight I feel I can >>>> share this mini vid I took before I took her to get an Ultra Sound two >>>> weeks ago. She had to do without any food after midnight the night before >>>> this was shot and she was NOT pleased.. as she let me know here.. She had >>>> had a concerning pattern of weight loss recently , vet visit a couple of >>>> months ago indicated some kind of IBD - she got steroids and B vitamin >>>> shot and improved a bit then declined again.. so the Ultra Sound proved >>>> necessary.. she came home with pills to take 1/2 of twice a day for two >>>> weeks then once a week "forever" It took some creativity to get the pill >>>> into her - the solution after some experimenting turned out to be burying >>>> the tiny thing in a small wad of cheddar cheese - actually, English >>>> Double Glouster . she gets that into her tummy quickly and therefore is >>>> spared the bitter taste of the pill (mashing up the pill in her food was >>>> NOT a good solution "fool me once... ") the pills are Prednisolone . 5mg >>>> pills cut in half. I didn't want to tell people anything aobut her >>>> trials until I was able to say she is responding nicely to the meds and >>>> is up to many of her old naughty tricks , is displaying good bathroom >>>> behaviour and hasn't barfed at all in two weeks. so here is the short >>>> vid I took early in the morning of Sept 22 before we went to the vet.. >>>> video verite - took with my darkside little camera - no editing. >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdOt3PlmZOY ann > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
