what is the best-tasting medicine?

mmm pepto-bismol

Children’s Tylenol isn’t awful.

Cough Drops!

xp: Lol, I used to scarf down bags of Canada Mints when I was a kid, which were like Pepto Bismol in chalky candy form.

laughter

I think I remember Sudafed-brand pseudoephedrine pills having a sugary coating on their shell that was light and pleasant. I usually buy the store-brand though, which does not.

benylin

buttercup syrup

my own

alcohol

i also enjoy being hoist by my own petard

diet dr pepper

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my wife is a Chinese herbalist and I can confirm that this is the best-tasting ingredient, and that she never uses it these days.

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It's amoxicillin (but really, whatever the flavoring was that the compounding pharmacy used to use)

Old school orange kids Triaminic.

Cherry-eucalyptus cough drops

Flintstones vitamins

I'm also voting for the orange kids Triaminic

menthol cough drops also good

I used to fake sore throats as a kid to a) get out of school and b) eat Sucrets. I don't know what they taste like these days though

I'm also voting for the orange kids Triaminic

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It tasted like actual candy. Not even sweet medicine just orange deliciousness.

I would get so stoked when I saw my mom pull that orange Triaminic out of the cabinet, just the best

Hell yeah to Triaminic.

whiskey + honey + lemon

my daughter's been using Nin Jiom and she said it tastes good

Benylin or similar quality cough medicine would be my pick

12 year Highland Park

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jagermeister

It's amoxicillin (but really, whatever the flavoring was that the compounding pharmacy used to use)

it’s amoxicillin.

Pepto Bismal, especially the new-ish Pepto Chews, which are basically pepsin Mentos.

Robitussin! Makes me feel so fine...

I totally forgot about orange Triaminic, yes that too, been decades since I last used it. Unfortunately seems to no longer be available; one of its ingredients was linked to increased chance of stroke. (it was later reformulated).

Also, Luden's wild cherry cough drops, and several brands of chewable vitamin C.

I used to fake sore throats

Yes, I used to fake-cough for Luden's Wild Cherry ^^^^

It's hard to know what the 'medicine' was... pectin, I guess

How do people rate Mylanta? I quite like the original flavor, which tastes sort of like a grasshopper cocktail. But they tweaked the taste of it this year.

Original flavor Pepto Bismol is very good - better than the newer cherry flavor.

I enjoy all the berry-flavored Robitussins.

do tums count as medicine?

i also have fond memories of grape liquid tylenol.

Also, Luden's wild cherry cough drops, and several brands of chewable vitamin C.

I ate the Luden's wild cherry things by the boxful. Pretty sure they were just straight up candy no actual medicine but so good.

Nyquil

NyQuil is good, it's like a gateway drink to Jägermeister

Brand name Advil pills have the best coating.

Of antacids, Tums has some banger flavors but chewable Pepto-Bismol beats them on texture. Rare to find these days but Gelusil was my childhood favorite for its subtle creamy taste.

Agree that Kydens are just sugar but I stan the Halls honey lemon. Really solid flavor.

I don't know if anyone makes a whiskey flavored cough drop but they totally should.

*Kydens? Wtf. Ludens.

I'm a big fan of Fisherman's Friend cough drops, but they definitely don't taste like children's candy. It's like methol, eucalyptus, licorice, and capiscum.

Hell yeah I love fisherman's friend (tho I recently learned the hard way not to suck on one while wearing a mask ;_; )

Negronis.

Thayer's Cherry Slippery Elm Lozenges are pretty good and they last for years

It's amoxicillin (but really, whatever the flavoring was that the compounding pharmacy used to use)

it’s amoxicillin.

It's amoxicillin!

We had a bottle of something referred to as Coca Cola syrup that my mom used to give me. It was as tasty as you’d imagine.

I have a distinct childhood memory of missing the second half of the UK network premiere of Never Say Never Again because I drank slightly too much Benylin and fell asleep. I remember being bored, and the next thing I knew there was an underwater fight in a cavern and the film was over.

I missed Barbara Carrera being blown up with an exploding pen. Or perhaps that subliminally washed over me in a half-asleep state. I have vague memories of a cruise missile. Spittle. An arcade game. Being bored.