You might want to ask the infusion nurse if they can slow down the IV drip.

I just had IVSM over 3 days last month. The first day they did the drip over two hours. Made me feel really really really weird...and bloated from all that fluid. I had the nurse slow the drip down when it was about halfway thru that first day. The next two days she ran it slowly...took about five hours or more for it to finish those days.

and find a hard candy that you like. Solumedrol gives you a nasty taste in the mouth. (sugarfree is the best, but if you cant find a sugarfree that you like, just make sure you brush your teeth really well after sucking on a sugary hard candy)

I got a nice green apple candy. Tasted great and hid the taste of solumedrol. Mine was the sugary kind. It was an old fasionied candy...bought it at Cabela's. brand name was Claeys.

Some people like peppermints. When I had IVSM last year, I had Altoids Cinnamon candy...which was "curiously" too strong of a flavor for me, and didnt seem to mesh as well with the solumedrol. Green apple flavor was much better this year. Next time I get IVSM or even oral steroids, I'll be stocking up on the green apple candies. I want to find the sugarfree kind tho.