2007-01-27 06:19:53 · 6 answers · asked by sacred_90 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Just lick one and see.
2007-02-02 16:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by sammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ibuprofen's chemical name is 2- (4-isobutyl-phenyl) -propionic acid. As it is an acid, it tastes bitter and probably a bit like sick (not very yummy!).
If you taste a bit of liquid ibuprofen (such as the ones made for children), there's quite a bitter after-taste which I'm pretty sure is the taste of the ibuprofen. Also, if you leave an uncoated ibuprofen tablet on your tongue too long it tastes bitter and horrible.
2007-01-27 09:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by HanRatty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ibuprofen has no identifiable taste (i.e. comparable to another known material) but it is bitter and causes "throat bite", a burning sensation in the back of the mouth and throat. Liquid, chewable, or orally-dissolving ibuprofen formulations are typically taste-masked in order to reduce the strength of the bitterness and throat bite.
2007-01-27 09:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by pharmgrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ibuprofen tastes nasty.
2007-02-03 14:54:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bad never lick one!
2007-02-02 12:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by moxychic_333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never chewed one.
2007-02-04 00:31:55 · answer #6 · answered by ktbaron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋