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Posted by Greg on December 3, 2001, at 12:02:23
I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
Greg
Posted by JohnX2 on December 3, 2001, at 17:17:04
In reply to Klonopin - A taste in my mouth..., posted by Greg on December 3, 2001, at 12:02:23
Greg,I get this cooling sensation in my mouth
similar to taking this candy who's name I
don't recall. ;)I usually let the clonazepam dissolve under
my tounge for a while to help it get
into my blood stream a bit quicker. I think
this causes the cooling sensation. Curious
you get a "burnt coffee" and I get a "breath
mint" response.-john
> I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
>
> Greg
Posted by tina on December 3, 2001, at 21:26:38
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Greg, posted by JohnX2 on December 3, 2001, at 17:17:04
I get the cool, numb, breath mint thing too.
Greg, maybe it IS coffee. You drink enough of it!! :)
LOL>
> Greg,
>
> I get this cooling sensation in my mouth
> similar to taking this candy who's name I
> don't recall. ;)
>
> I usually let the clonazepam dissolve under
> my tounge for a while to help it get
> into my blood stream a bit quicker. I think
> this causes the cooling sensation. Curious
> you get a "burnt coffee" and I get a "breath
> mint" response.
>
> -john
>
>
> > I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
> >
> > It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
> >
> > Greg
Posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 1:56:35
In reply to Klonopin - A taste in my mouth..., posted by Greg on December 3, 2001, at 12:02:23
Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
The generic I've used is Teva. The .5 mg pill is yellow, smooth, hard and impossible to split by hand and seems tasteless. The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured, and easily breakable.
BTW, I was unhappy when I mistakenly ended up with the generic for the first time earlier this year, but I really can't discern any difference in effect. Lots of people swear the generics are weaker. Ironically, I found one letter to a Psychiatry Journal citing two cases that suggested just the opposite -- the patients had to cut their dosages when they switched to generic. I guess it depends which generic you get.
Rick
> I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
>
> Greg
Posted by Cam W. on December 5, 2001, at 8:12:22
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Greg, posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 1:56:35
> Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
>
> The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured.....
Rick - Hmmmm.... I smell a marketing opportunity. Klonopin Pez dispensers....perhaps with heads of your favorite rock star?- (too early in the morning) Cam
Posted by Greg on December 5, 2001, at 8:55:29
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Rick, posted by Cam W. on December 5, 2001, at 8:12:22
> > Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
> >
> > The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured.....
>
>
> Rick - Hmmmm.... I smell a marketing opportunity. Klonopin Pez dispensers....perhaps with heads of your favorite rock star?
>
> - (too early in the morning) CamMaybe fruit flavored and different colors, every fifth one a rainbow...
Why is it you always have your best ideas first thing in the morning Cam?
Posted by MB on December 5, 2001, at 13:47:54
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth..., posted by tina on December 3, 2001, at 21:26:38
> I get the cool, numb, breath mint thing too.
Sounds yummy. You should give them out next Halloween. LOL (uh...that was a joke in case anyone was wondering. givin drugs tuh kids is bad m'kay).
Posted by Greg on December 5, 2001, at 14:46:59
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Greg, posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 1:56:35
> Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
Teva USA, it's the first one I've ever taken so I don't have anything of reference to compare it too.
>
> The generic I've used is Teva. The .5 mg pill is yellow, smooth, hard and impossible to split by hand and seems tasteless. The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured, and easily breakable.Yeah, mine is a yellow tab, scored across the center. No taste that I could tell. But it is very easy to break at the score and broke perfectly across the center.
>
> BTW, I was unhappy when I mistakenly ended up with the generic for the first time earlier this year, but I really can't discern any difference in effect. Lots of people swear the generics are weaker. Ironically, I found one letter to a Psychiatry Journal citing two cases that suggested just the opposite -- the patients had to cut their dosages when they switched to generic. I guess it depends which generic you get.Like I said, this is my virgin voyage with Klonopin so I have nothing to compare it against, but I'm very happy with it compared to the effects I was getting with Xanax. It's a lot lower maintainance med in my opinion.
Greg
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> Rick
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> > I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
> >
> > It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
> >
> > Greg
Posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 16:16:01
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Rick, posted by Cam W. on December 5, 2001, at 8:12:22
> > Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
> >
> > The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured.....
>
>
> Rick - Hmmmm.... I smell a marketing opportunity. Klonopin Pez dispensers....perhaps with heads of your favorite rock star?
>
> - (too early in the morning) CamCAM, they say the greatest ideas always come to you when you're in the shower. So I'll just assume that's where you did your brainstorming on this idea.
I think it's a natural, "KlonoPez". I mean, clonazepam even contains "pez" spelled backwards. One of the first rock stars could be Led ClonaZepplin.
I think Roche blew an opprtunity for a patent extension on this one. It makes as much sense as some of the other patent-extension tricks we're hearing about these days.
Rick
Posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 16:29:55
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth..., posted by MB on December 5, 2001, at 13:47:54
> > I get the cool, numb, breath mint thing too.
>
> Sounds yummy. You should give them out next Halloween. LOL (uh...that was a joke in case anyone was wondering. givin drugs tuh kids is bad m'kay).Speaking of drug patent-extension tricks (see reply I just made to CAM), usage by kids is in fact one of the tactics being tried as we post. I'm not sure of the details, but Bristol Myers Squibb has received a patent expansion on its blockbuster diabetes med Glucophage, but for the new childrens' indication only. Even though the generic manufacturers are now free to make Glucophage, they can't because they're logistically unable to issue a not-for-kids indication. So BMS will remain the only manufacturer for awhile. Or something along those lines...
Rick
Posted by Rick on December 5, 2001, at 16:45:09
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Rick, posted by Greg on December 5, 2001, at 14:46:59
> > Do you know which manufacturer makes your generic?
>
> Teva USA, it's the first one I've ever taken so I don't have anything of reference to compare it too.
> >
> > The generic I've used is Teva. The .5 mg pill is yellow, smooth, hard and impossible to split by hand and seems tasteless. The brand, on the other hand, is orange, kind of sweet, Pez-textured, and easily breakable.
>
> Yeah, mine is a yellow tab, scored across the center. No taste that I could tell. But it is very easy to break at the score and broke perfectly across the center.
Using your hands only??? Wow, I'm impressed. You must have a lot of digital dexterity. I can almost never get the Tevas to break evenly just snapping them with my fingers. I have somewhat more success with the pill splitter, but it still usually leaves bits of clonodust.> >
> Like I said, this is my virgin voyage with Klonopin so I have nothing to compare it against, but I'm very happy with it compared to the effects I was getting with Xanax. It's a lot lower maintainance med in my opinion.I couldn't agree with you more. For me, Klonopin has been a godsend...in an entirely different league from the Xanax I used previously.
If it's worth whatever extra cost you'd incur, you might want to try the brand next time to see if the minor taste annoyance you experience with Teva goes away.
Rick
Posted by tensor on December 7, 2001, at 0:36:25
In reply to Klonopin - A taste in my mouth..., posted by Greg on December 3, 2001, at 12:02:23
Have anyone tried imovane? It's a sleeping med, it gives a strong bitter taste, so for an example, milk taste like shit. But now, klonopin gives me the sleep I need :)
Posted by Pamela Lynn on December 7, 2001, at 1:04:55
In reply to Re: Klonopin - A taste in my mouth... » Greg, posted by JohnX2 on December 3, 2001, at 17:17:04
I too dissolve them partially under my tongue, and after I am done doing that I get a cool kinda taste in my mouth too!! This is the generic brand too.
P.L.
> Greg,
>
> I get this cooling sensation in my mouth
> similar to taking this candy who's name I
> don't recall. ;)
>
> I usually let the clonazepam dissolve under
> my tounge for a while to help it get
> into my blood stream a bit quicker. I think
> this causes the cooling sensation. Curious
> you get a "burnt coffee" and I get a "breath
> mint" response.
>
> -john
>
>
> > I started on Klonopin (generic) about a week and a half ago. I've had this taste in the back of my mouth (more near my throat) that tastes like burnt coffee or stale chocolate since I've started it. Has anyone else experienced this?
> >
> > It's been a wonderful med and I have no intention of giving it up for a minor inconvenience like this, but I was just curious.
> >
> > Greg
Posted by Cam W. on December 7, 2001, at 1:22:28
In reply to Klonopin - nothing compared to Imovane(zopiclone), posted by tensor on December 7, 2001, at 0:36:25
Tensor - I have found that some people can get rid of the morning after bitter taste caused by Imovane™ (zopiclone) by swishing and swallowing a teaspoonful, or so, of lemon juice. The lemon seems to squeeze the Imovane taste out of the salivary glands....not that a lemon juice taste will make milk any more palatable.
Here's to pucker power. - Cam
Posted by Daveman on December 8, 2001, at 16:41:52
In reply to Klonopin - nothing compared to Imovane(zopiclone), posted by tensor on December 7, 2001, at 0:36:25
> Have anyone tried imovane? It's a sleeping med, it gives a strong bitter taste, so for an example, milk taste like shit. But now, klonopin gives me the sleep I need :)
Imovane- Back when I was having terrible insomnia, I wanted to try it, but alas, it is not FDA-approved in the USA.
Aside from the taste, does it work?Dave
Posted by Beliala on December 8, 2001, at 19:05:28
In reply to Re: Klonopin - nothing compared to Imovane(zopiclone) » tensor, posted by Daveman on December 8, 2001, at 16:41:52
> Imovane- Back when I was having terrible insomnia, I wanted to try it, but alas, it is not FDA-approved in the USA.
> Aside from the taste, does it work?
>
> Dave
I take Imovane. It works pretty well for "regular" insomnia, but as with all sedatives I'm becoming tolerant of it. It doesn't give me a hangover in moderate doses, unlike chloral hydrate, antihistamines, and tricyclics (the last two didn't even help after the first week or two).Unfortunately Imovane doesn't do as good a job of knocking me out when I have medication-induced insomnia (up to 4 of the higher strength ones a night!), and it also doesn't prevent me from awakening prematurely.
Overall, a good drug though.
Posted by Cloud 9 on December 10, 2001, at 6:15:44
In reply to Re: Klonopin - nothing compared to Imovane(zopiclone) » Daveman, posted by Beliala on December 8, 2001, at 19:05:28
> > Imovane- Back when I was having terrible insomnia, I wanted to try it, but alas, it is not FDA-approved in the USA.
> > Aside from the taste, does it work?
DaveHey Dave,
I was taking imovane for a month for mild insomnia. My doctor gave me a month supply at 7.5mg (also comes in 5 mg). It was helpful at first but too potent at 7.5mg, so i took it in halves. Until it didn't work as well so i upped it to 7.5 mg. I became dependent on it to fall asleep... the insomnia became worse than it was ever before. If i didn't take one i couldn't sleep. So i forced myself to stop taking it. For three nights i would awake covered in cold sweat. Not fun to say the least. I also found i was considerably more depressed when on it, not to mention the taste. If for some reason you can get your hands on it, please be careful, as my friend has also been experiencing the same problems. The last thing you want is to be hooked on sleeping pills.Take care
Posted by tensor on December 10, 2001, at 14:33:13
In reply to Re: Klonopin - nothing compared to Imovane(zopiclone) » tensor, posted by Daveman on December 8, 2001, at 16:41:52
Yes it works well, and in the morning when you wake up it's out of your body, so it gives no problem with feeling tired the day after.
/tensor
> > Have anyone tried imovane? It's a sleeping med, it gives a strong bitter taste, so for an example, milk taste like shit. But now, klonopin gives me the sleep I need :)
>
> Imovane- Back when I was having terrible insomnia, I wanted to try it, but alas, it is not FDA-approved in the USA.
> Aside from the taste, does it work?
>
> Dave
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