Tips on dealing with Solpadeine
Over the past three weeks, I’d say I’ve chomped my way through 12 tablets and 40-something dissolvable sopladeines. Of course there have been side-effects, in fact right now I feel pretty queasy, but it’s better than dealing with that horrid horrid pain that comes with a throat infection. At least now, after prolonged use, I can finally drink back a nice plink plink fizzy sopladene concoction without retching. Yes, it makes me retch, or at least it used to. I’d sip sip sip slowly and shudder each time with the taste, that worked at first. The taste though? Ugh. Gross. How to get past that.. Well, and I have to thank the other half for this: When you’re drinking it back, slowly, sip by sip, you should think of a really strong flavor. Imagine yourself eating whatever it is, visualise, sensualise the experience. This doesn’t get rid of all the nastyness, espically as sipping at the tortous drink means that eventually your brain realises the trickery at hand and lets you sense the grosness. So, what to do, how to get it down the hatch before your brain gets wind of the plan. Find a spot, anywhere, something in the room, far away or close by and stare at it. If you concentrate with all your might, you can toss the whole retched lot back in a few gulps, wash it back with some water, sit back for few minutes and then enjoy its soothing pain release. As for the long term side-effects, like this queasy feeling I’ve got, I haven’t figured that out yet, and I hope that I’m better before I get a chance to.
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Joe Drumgoole December 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
My Mum’s top tip for dealing with sore throats/throat infections, gargle heavily salted water.
It works at the early stages…(for me anyway)