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Bitter pills, sort of -[ HMM ]-

Prescription medicine, in a very familiar tablet form.

 

I cannot say what these are for, but I must note these taste somewhat bitter. This quality reminds me of an idiom with origins in 17th-century medicine, when pills were much bitterer than they are now and the reluctance to take them considerably greater back then. The ones shown here do have a slight unpleasant taste, only when they land on my tongue, I have gotten used to.

 

Each tablet is about ¼" (6.35mm) diameter.

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Uploaded on January 5, 2026
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