After opening the bottle, I noticed that the caplets smell. Well, they smell good. I then actually looked at the bottle and noticed that it is labeled as, Tylenol PM Vanilla Caplets.
Why the vanilla? I didn't really care, so I popped two in my mouth and swallowed with a good chug of cool water. There was a slight vanilla taste before the swallow. I still wondered why a caplet has a vanilla flavor- it isn't in the mouth long enough to need to be flavored. Never thought the caplets needed flavoring before.
I am about set to get to sleep, when the vanilla in questions gnaws at my brain enough to need to look it up.
My questioned isn't answered (I originally wrote, "my answer isn't questioned" caps are kicking in, vanilla flavor or not), but I did dig up some dirt.
kinda.
Tylenol makes a liquid version; Tylenol PM Liquid Crack. Ok, so the company doesn't call it crack, but the reviews of the product say otherwise. I found this blog entry to describe it best:
It must taste super yummy and work really well. People can't seem to put the bottle down. lol, I should have written this before the pill popping, there is so much to be said. I am tempted to suck on a caplet to get a good taste of the coveted sleep enhancer.
Just wait till all the pre teens get wind of this. They can toss the ill flavored Nyquil for a must tastier loopy buzz.
I still don't get why vanilla caplets. Vanilla isn't even listed as an ingredient, just the random term of "flavor".
but whatever, now Im intrigued enough to want to go buy a bottle of the Tylenol PM Liquid.
maybe thats exactly Tylenol's point in making the caps with vanilla flavor- make yo want to know, make you want to try the liquid and become an addict. I can see it.
I'll be buying mine tomorrow.
get your 2$ coupon here, haha
nighty night
Or you can take tums for Ca, or those viactic chew things, which are practically candy. and very expensive.
calcium does take up a lot of room, that is why there is usually very little in a multi vitamin. Even then, the calcium pills are either huge, or many of them need to be taken to get the full dosage. Also depends on the form that the calcium is derived from.
I usually take a simple multi, but if I can smell the B vitamins, then it grosses me out, especially if I happen to take it on an empty stomach- bad idea.
I actually don't find multivitamins all that terrible-- but I currently have a bottle of multivitamins that are missing calcium, so I have to take it separately, and that is a huge pill. Without the calcium, though, the multivitamin is quite small-- it's about the size of a 200 mg ibuprofin! So I wonder whether calcium's the awful bulky horse-pill-making ingredient, or what?
you are so on to something, (e:fellyconnelly) Multis are pretty gross. I think its the B vitamins that make them extra disgusting. Vanilla would be nice :)
i need vanilla flavored multivitamins... those giant horsepills are disgusting.
yes, you are totally right on.
If it tastes good, i'd be more apt to swig from it. Nyquil is just nasty and makes my stomach revolt.
I read that article and it is very interesting, I tried to leave a comment but it wouldn't let me something about having a melicous IP address or something, that is the first time I have ever heard of that. But the point I wanted to make is that when you pop nyquil pills or gel caps there is still that kinda nasty taste that is so strong that in sysrup form I can't drink it or get it down. By making it vanilla it elimanates this problem. The other thing with vanilla is that often cherry or even mint is used as a flovoring and when they are used the medicine still has the mediciny taste. I bet that the vanilla flavor kills that taste so it isn't like having medicine. That lack of medicine taste will cause a lot of people to use this who wouldn't before. But it also makes the stuff a lot more dangerous. Medicine should taste like medicine and not a vanilla cookie for saftey reasons. I wonder how long before they start putting this stuff behind the counter.