Does anyone take Zoplicone? If so how... - Fibromyalgia Acti...
Does anyone take Zoplicone? If so how do you get rid of the strong horrible metallic taste it leaves in your mouth? xx
Yes I,take it but only 3.5 which is not always strong
Enough, and as for the taste it's not nice but it's better
Than not sleeping some times try brushing your
Tongue
I just brush teeth a lot and mouth wash, some times mints
But I am sure that there is some thing better, but then it's
Just in our system so it's just going to,stay I think no matter
What you do it's the bliss of medication
Viv
A metallic taste in the mouth, a dry mouth etc are common with many of the meds we take for our Fibro. I have a box of Tic Tacs near me all the time and when the "funny taste" comes along, one Tic Tac usually stops it! I have accepted the taste now as the tablets really help me. (Amitriptyline) 
Hi Mystique
I try and only take Zopiclone occasionally, but it really works, so like others I'm prepared to put up with the metallic taste for a good night's kip! But I totally understand. I find the taste continues well into the next day which is a bit unpleasant.
PS - I have found that halving my dose works just as well!
Hey Mystique, gentle hugs,
I used Zopiclone years ago - (after being hit by a car) - for about 6-8 weeks to help me sleep - but I must have been lucky - I never had a metallic taste in my mouth - but I did get the best weeks of sleep I've ever had thanks to Dr Zopi - my nickname for the meds -
Love,
Carol xx
Hi all,
A few of my friends and I were helping a friend of ours with cancer, and the drugs she was taking left the same metallicy taste in her mouth all the time - we found the solution was pineapple! Eat it any way you like but there is something special in it that helps (one of my friends is a great chef ;))
Good luck!
Peachy x
I have can cane of pineapple and have drank all the liquid and eaten the pineapple and it only works while I'm eating and drinking it now it's back again 😭😭😭
That's because pineapples contain bromelain..in thoery when you eat pineapple..it's eating you back.(ever wondered why your tongue feels a little sore after eating some). But when we swallow our stomach acid destroys thoses enzymes. X
Thanks to all atm am on diazapan but not really working - so think I will have to take mr zoplicone again soon lol I will try all your comments thankyou n peachy I love pineapple so will give it a try xxxx love n hugs to all xxxx
the pineapple and lime things sound good, will be giving them a go, Ty all 😏
hi...gin and tonic?....lol i just suck a mint ..hugs and xx
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Lunesta's very bitter, metallic taste was so horrible that I had to be etremely desperate to take it... desperate as in not sleeping for 3 days and without another sleep aid before I would take it. At that point I just needed SLEEP no matter how bad it tasted because I become a danger to myself and others without enough sleep not to mention audio hallucinations. When it comes to driving, I don't drive when my insomnia is that bad. I sometimes take a couple GENERIC Benedryl when my sleep meds aren't working. After all, Benedryl is EXACTLY the same strength drug as OTC Sominex but being marketed/sold as OTC Sominex sleeping pills is more expensive. I'm going to try Belsomra to see if it's better since I took Ambian 3 hours ago after being awake almost 72 hours and I'm still AWAKE! :'-(
Pleasant dreams everybody. :o)
I know this is old but heres a solution to the bad, metallic taste some drugs may give you:
but the pulp of a lime in a bowl on your night stand. take a teaspoon of lime pulp whenever the metallic taste appears, and remember to eat it, not suck at it as this won't keep it away for equally long.
Just remember that you donut want all the acids in the lime to damage your teeth, so i like to floss afterwards.
Good luck!
I have found a good way to kill the taste (at least for a few hours) is to drink a mug of hot chocolate with 2 tsp of sugar. It kills the taste completely for a good 2 - 3 hours, which by then, it's time for another hot chocolate lol hope this helps anyone out there suffering the rank taste that is "Zopiclone"
Hi newbie to this group diagnosed with fibromyalga amount other things it depends what zopiclone u have 7.5 or 3.5 . I'm on 7.5 zops and can take.a few days to wear off I Find drinking cranberry juice helps to take metalic taste out of your body x
I did take 3.7 and ita only lasted till if gone sleep wake up and it was gone
Am now on 7'5 and its still the all day next day Its like your constantly tasting hair spray I find when I breathe its awfulx
Same with me. Only just started taking them and honestly tastes like Poison all day. Affects food and drinks. Great for sleep though
After trying many things, I find that firstly applying a numbing throat spray called Ultra Chloraseptic or something with benzocaine in it, followed by wrapping the pill in a rizla or silicone pill case (the empty pill cases, or take apart a pill) then swallowing the pill enclosed in the casing with a glass of liver salts (ENOs or Andrews salts) prevents the bad taste hope this makes sense and helps!
Try ramming them them up your sphincter
Coconut oil pulling ! About 5 minutes after taking the pill
I agree with oil pulling also chewing fennel seeds helps too I'm eager to try the pineapple one.
Fennel seeds are amazing and works wonders for other things like heart burn
I'm still browsing to find new ways to deal with the taste. It's not bad with a 3.5, just the normal grossness 5-10mins after taking it until you fall asleep but I always find the taste is gone next day.
The 7.5s, are another story. As my insomnia is on another level, and Valium and others doesn't even do the job, I have to take Zopiclone and the taste is killer. After 5 min's, everything I eat and drink tastes disgusting, especially water. This last usually until halfway through the next day, and as a food lover I am not impressed.
I just ate a lot dry shreddies (cereal) cause the milk tasted awful (thanks Z )and it's reduced a lot of the taste, maybe try some cereals! Failing that, really gross lockets/soothers/coughdrops if they're filled with eucalyptus and mint etc and taste kind of gross but they're so overwhelming they kind of push the taste of the Zopiclone out but I'll let you know how long that one lasts 😂
I tried lemon, green chilli, airwaves menthol, chewing gum, brushed my teeth and tounge. Gargled mouth wash. Then gargled salt with luke walm water. And non of them work😣😣 I can taste it when I breath so I'm using a viks inhailer to get that taste out of my nose too😣😣😣😣
Pineapple Juice right after I brushed my tongue and used warm salt water. It almost made the taste completely disapear.(it is very bareable at this time) I think when I take a few more drinks of Pineapple Juice it will disapear. good luck!
Chocolate gets it out for a good time, you need something quite waxy and sugary, like chocolate coins!
Sugary chocolate , like the chocolate coins
Make sure you place the tablet right at the back of your tongue while keeping it dry. Imediately swallow tablets with a BIG glass of water you were holding in the other hand. Then scrape the roof of your mouth with the root of your tongue (x2).
There should only be a hint of the residual taste which can easily be eliminated with some Juicy Fruit chewing gum... Hope that helps
Sweet chocolate helps like Jane tea cakes
Chocolate buttons etc. Let them melt down the back of your throat
