Why does Spiro taste like spearmint?

[MidnightKat]

I was just curious why.

[XchristineX]

Good question....
I thougjt the same question...


What flavor are they covering up?

[kelly_aus]

They are covering the taste of the spiro and the filler - which I've been lead to believe is nasty..

[kira21 ♡♡♡]

Mine doesn't taste of spearmint, it tastes of nasty.

[Beth Andrea]

My first brand of Spiro was mint, very much so, but the past several months it has no flavor, and is a light tan color, not white.

[Anna++]

My first brand of Spiro was mint, very much so, but the past several months it has no flavor, and is a light tan color, not white.

This sounds like mine, too.  I was disappointed when I didn't taste mint from it earlier this morning.

[ZoeM]

My Spiro tastes like Thank Goodness I Swallowed That Before I Had A Chance To Taste It.

One time I didn't. That was a bad day.

[Beth Andrea]

My Spiro tastes like Thank Goodness I Swallowed That Before I Had A Chance To Taste It.

One time I didn't. That was a bad day.

OMG yes, I remember one morning I forget to pre-soak my throat, and it got stuck partway down, just behind and under the back tongue area...yuk.yuk.yuk.gag.yuk.gag *drink drink drink* gag gag.yuk....

LOL

[LilDevilOfPrada]

YOUR ALL SO LUCKY! when i was on spiro it tasted like rotten bread  LUCKY!! and yes it just a flavour coating they put over your spiro.

[Anna++]

I vote that from now on we call the spearmint-coated pills "spearo"

[kira21 ♡♡♡]

I vote that from now on we call the spearmint-coated pills "spearo"

Like ^_^

[Sarah S]

Spiro tastes bad to me had one did not go down it was bad very bad !

[Beth Andrea]

I vote that from now on we call the spearmint-coated pills "spearo"

+1

[Vicky]

I was a little drowsey ONCE when taking my HRT meds, and got the Spiro under my tongue ONCE instead of my Estrogen.

HACK cough burp wretch hiccup wheeze, ptuiii-- OMG!!  Gasp Gasp!!

Second verse

HACK cough burp wretch hiccup wheeze, ptuiii-- OMG!!  Gasp Gasp!!

[Joelene9]

  They add flavorings or sweeteners to certain drugs to disguise the bitter taste of these medications.  One reason to keep the little kids away from thes meds.  For Spiro, the sensation of mint is mainly for the smell.  Smell does effect taste.  The bitterness of the Spiro will override the smell of the mint if you don't get it down quick enough. 

  Joelene

[Renee]

I found it best to take it with some sort of flavored drink as even swallowing quickly with water will often leave a bad taste at the back of my mouth.  Its been that nasty for the nine years I've been taking it.

[Jamie D]

Many years ago, before my first heart surgery, I was on Aldactone (brand name for one form of Spironolactone).  I do not remember any taste at all (bitter or minty).  But I was pretty good at swallowing pills by the handful.

[bethany]

For someone like myself who has trouble swallowing pills I'm sure glad that spiro tastes like mint. I would not be able to get it down otherwise. As it is I have to crush it and take it mixed in with something, mainly chocolate ice cream. Mint and chocolate go so well together

[Devlyn]

For someone like myself who has trouble swallowing pills I'm sure glad that spiro tastes like mint. I would not be able to get it down otherwise. As it is I have to crush it and take it mixed in with something, mainly chocolate ice cream. Mint and chocolate go so well together

Have you tried a pill straw for the ones you can't crush up?

[bethany]

 

Have you tried a pill straw for the ones you can't crush up?

I never heard of a pill straw. What is it¿