Why does my mouth feel bitter after drinking water?

Some people suffer from pharyngitis or tracheitis, and the doctor prescribes intravenous treatment. However, when it comes to the third bottle, the patient starts to feel bitter in the mouth and always wants to spit. Some people are taking metronidazole sodium chloride injection due to illness, and their mouths always feel bitter. If the bitter taste in the mouth is caused by infusion, it may generally be caused by the effect of the drug. For example, metronidazole can also make people feel bitter in the mouth when hanging the water. At this time, you can eat some plum candy to dissolve the bitter feeling in your mouth.

1. The reason why the mouth is bitter after drinking water

This is due to drug metabolism. Some drugs are absorbed through the blood during the infusion process, and a few stimulate the taste buds through the mouth with saliva, making people feel bitter in the mouth, such as bitter drugs such as clindamycin, metronidazole, berberine, and metronidazole injection. There is nothing wrong with adverse reactions such as bitter taste in the mouth and abdominal pain. They are normal and will disappear after stopping the medication. Don't worry. Observe the efficacy of the drug. Do not hold your urine after the drip, eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and drink plenty of water.

2. How to relieve the bitter taste in the mouth after intravenous drip

Many antibiotics will cause a bitter taste in the mouth after being taken. It is recommended that you take intestinal probiotics to regulate your body, drink more water, eat some fruits, or drink some honey. It will be gone in a while, so don't worry. In addition, you can bring some candy or something like that when you get an IV next time. Eating more fruits is also a good choice. Of course, if you really feel uncomfortable, you can tell your doctor for safety reasons. After all, this is also a drug reaction.

3. Side effects of infusion

1. Prone to infection. If the syringe, needle and the skin at the injection site are not disinfected strictly, it may cause redness, swelling and suppuration at the needle hole, and in severe cases it may cause systemic infection such as bacteremia and sepsis.

2. May easily cause adverse reactions. The incidence of toxic and allergic reactions to "infusion" is much higher than that to oral administration. Such as infusion reactions, gastrointestinal reactions, air embolism, needle sickness, etc., some of which can cause serious consequences and even threaten life.

3. Susceptible to infectious diseases. "Infusion" is most likely to transmit hepatitis B, hepatitis C virus and AIDS through blood, blood substitutes or cross infection (especially in some areas where disposable infusion sets have not yet been fully popularized).

4. Time-consuming and costly. It usually takes about 2 hours to infuse a bottle of "liquid". In addition, the cost of infusion equipment, instruments and drugs is high. The same dose of the same drug costs several times or even dozens of times more than oral or other commonly used methods of medication.

IV. Infusion Tips

The medicine to be added during intravenous drip is determined according to the patient's condition, and different medicines have different effects. Some medicines will irritate the stomach and cause stomach pain, while others will stimulate the glands and cause bitter taste in the mouth. This is normal and there is no need to worry too much. If you are worried, you can ask your attending physician before the infusion.