Stronger Flavor

My Dad says that back in the 1970s Magnesium Citrate had a considerably stronger flavor than it does today.

I use it and find myself wondering if what he's experiencing is just the aging of his own taste buds.

What are the experiences of those of you who go back that far?

I only use it for colonoscopy cleanouts for the last ~10 years. Mine has always just been a markedly salty flavor with some sort of fruit flavor to hide it. Never really noticed any marked change. It's mostly just tolerating the excessively salty taste without losing it to having it come up again.

Id much rather use Miralax mixed with a nice fruit drink.

Eric

My Dad did say that when Mom had him use an Evac-Q-Kit in the late 1970s the Magnesium Citrate was sweetened with saccharin, which had a bitter after taste.

He felt that the extreme sweet, then the sudden extreme bitter was enough to trigger the gag reflex.

He said "There was one time when your Mom was taking the mag citrate from the Evac-Q-Kit. She knew enough to put a pillow in front of the toilet, and kneel on that pillow in case it would not stay down.

He was at the sink preparing an enema. It would have been the 3rd of the session. He didn't say, but I doubt she took it!

She was sipping it, he heard a retching sound like she was vomiting. He looked at her expecting to see her head in the toilet.

Instead she was staring straight ahead. Her cheeks bulging like a chipmunk, and she managed to re-swallow! How she did that he's not sure.

She waited several seconds, maybe a full minute, and when she collected herself, she just said, "goddamn!" and waited until she caught her breath, then held it out to see how much more was in it. It was between 1/3 and 1/4 of the 10-oz bottle. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, took another sip and then waited for most of the bitterness to dissipate and sipped again. She DID manage to get it all down.

He never said whether she vomited later.

My Dad says that back in the 1970s Magnesium Citrate had a considerably stronger flavor than it does today.

I use it and find myself wondering if what he's experiencing is just the aging of his own taste buds.

What are the experiences of those of you who go back that far?

I was given that a number of times back in the early 1950's - as far as I remember, I liked it; at least it was better than the super strong Ivory Snow enemas I was given. I have no idea why I was given it at times, and at other times given enemas... Whenever I got the MC it was just before bedtime... did I then get an enema in the morning? - can't remember... Any, it was easy to take..

Mag Citrate isn't so bad if you have it on ice with a good shot of vodka and a twist of lemon. Kind of mellows you out for the heavy shit session to follow.

Dan

"......wondering if what he's experiencing is just the aging of his own taste buds.

It's surely possible. Also inert mateial used to dilute it in the bottle, can affect its taste, and taste-bud fatigue can also affect it The first swig or anything - versus the second and subsequent gulps (of virtually ANYTHING) is always different.

Mag Citrate isn't so bad if you have it on ice with a good shot of vodka and a twist of lemon. Kind of mellows you out for the heavy shit session to follow.

Dan

Except for Miralax which to me has no flavor at all, MgCitrate is the most benign tasting colonoscopy prep I know of, but it could certainly use a flavor improvement. By age 68 after many colonoscopies over many years, I had never thought of adding vodka and lemon to make it a true medical cocktail! I'd have to check and make sure, but I doubt that much alcohol would change the appearance of your colon in the colonoscopy.

Eric

It used to come in small bottles (back in the early 1950's) and wasn't it fizzy, like soda? I was given the whole bottle to drink before bedtime. Don't have any memory of the affects that followed in the morning, whereas from the super strong Ivory Snow bulb enemas, I remember very strong cramps and spends allot time on the john...

You might also try drinking the Mag Citrate through a straw so you wouldn't get quite the taste.

Dan

Reddevil: That sounds more like the Phoso-Soda that my Mom used several times in enema play with Dad.

The way I have found to make the taste tolerable:

A stadium cup of ice water, just before ready to freeze

Sip of Magnesium Citrate. Sip of ice water. Count to 10 repeat until no more Magnesium Citrate. Then over the next 20 minutes drink the rest of the ice water.