I have to preface this by saying I’ve never actually tried it.
Or maybe I have, but if so, I was too young to remember it now.
But I refuse to believe that a spoonful of sugar would help the medicine go down.
I’m, like, imagining popping a Tylenol into my mouth and trying to wash it down with sugar.
It would be so … dry!
Don’t you think?
Either way, not helpful in the slightest.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:11 am
Lol. Well, I doubt a spoon of sugar is going to do much to help the medicine go down! xoxo
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February 4, 2025 at 4:44 pm
Right? Haha!
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February 3, 2025 at 5:58 pm
For the longest time when I was young, I had to take Cod Liver Oil – liquid – nasty. My mother followed the spoonful of medicine with some sugary candy. It didn’t help it go down, but it helped remove the awful taste.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:49 pm
Bleh! My parents never made me drink that stuff as a kid, and I’ve managed to avoid it as an adult too. It’s always sounded nasty to me. Bleh!!
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February 4, 2025 at 5:55 pm
I was anemic, and it was prescribed. My mother kept reminding me it wasn’t her fault.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:02 pm
Ah, yeah. That makes sense. Poor you!
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February 2, 2025 at 1:11 pm
I guess I always imagined nasty tasting liquid medicine, then putting sugar in my mouth to ‘wash’ the taste away. Or sucking on a sugar cube like a hard candy….yum! (now I want something sweet….)
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February 3, 2025 at 1:41 pm
Haha! Me too! Thanks, Dawn. 🤣
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February 2, 2025 at 11:34 am
Hi Linda, I’ve not heard of this before- sugar with medicine but it may have worked for bitter medicines. I remember putting a spoonful of sugar into my mouth as a child, after eating something spicy.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:12 pm
That would certainly help. 🙂 The idea for the post came from the Mary Poppins song “A Spoonful of Sugar.”
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February 3, 2025 at 7:54 pm
Ah, yes. I hadn’t thought of it🙂.
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February 2, 2025 at 9:38 am
Hi Linda, never heard of sugar used for this purpose 🙂 nice post.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:11 pm
Thanks, June! The idea for the post came from the Mary Poppins song “A Spoonful of Sugar.” 🙂
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February 1, 2025 at 11:04 pm
Not a spoonful of sugar, but I often take my chemo meds with applesauce. It makes my stomach happy.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:10 pm
Ooh, now there’s a good idea. 🙂
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February 1, 2025 at 8:24 pm
I think when we were kids, a tablet would be crushed and mixed with sugar to make it more palatable and then given to us. 🥰
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February 2, 2025 at 2:10 pm
I dunno, Sadje. Still sounds pretty dry to me. Haha!
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February 2, 2025 at 6:22 pm
😜
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February 1, 2025 at 7:36 pm
Children’s medicine is usually sweet. Maybe, hopefully, they don’t contain actual granulated white sugar. But why are adults forced to take horse pills?
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February 2, 2025 at 2:08 pm
Exactly! That’s what I want to know.
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February 1, 2025 at 6:32 pm
Yep I think I might have had something sweet after medicine to take the taste away but it was never literally a spoonful of sugar lol
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February 2, 2025 at 2:08 pm
Right? I think I remember having honey. Or maybe treacle.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:03 pm
Ew! That reminds me of the “cinnamon challenge” somehow. In case you’re not aware, that’s a challenge to consume a spoonful of cinnamon without drinking water. And, though I haven’t tried it myself, I know it could be deadly.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:15 pm
I remember that one. I hate the dangerous fads. Glad that one seems to have disappeared.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:36 pm
definately not 💜
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February 1, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Right?
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February 1, 2025 at 4:32 pm
It wouldn’t be the most delightful way, that’s for sure.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:14 pm
Haha! Indeed. 😀
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