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Metformin Smell (Page 6) (Top voted first)
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cherry Says:
why does it smell like fish?
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Thanks for calling it what it smells like. My generic bottles of acetaminophen began to smell like urine the last two bottles. I am not going to use them. I bought a different brand generic and the urine smell is not there. I a going to throw the other two bottles of generic away. I got those through my insurance OTC meds.
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Michelle Says:
My pills have been smelling like dirt! It's so gross
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cheis Says:
i got a new brand of metformin that smells septic you know that smell you get when you walk into a clean room or that sterile smell its odd and the past few days my arm and hand on the right side are tingly feeling. its odd
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Betty Says:
The last bottle I received smells bad, also my urine smells the same way. Will not be able to continue taking it if I can not find it without this smell, it is awful!!!
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Debbie Says:
I would stop douching, it destroys your bodies normal flora and is harmful.
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Jacqueline Says:
I could not agree more - this new smell cannot be indicative of anything healthy!
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Dwain Says:
I recently refilled & received pills with G 10 on one side. These pills are smaller, have a fruity taste and foul smell inside the container.
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Chano Says:
My mail order pharmacy started to send me Metformin that has a grape jelly smell. I could not understand why a diabetic med would smell sweet, but maybe it's to cover up an unpleasant smell.
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Renee Says:
Re: Mike (# 65) 
I take this one too...Walgreens seems to be the only one carries the "berry" one....I am now receiving it through a mom and pop pharmacy...the ordered it for me.
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Tom Detchemendy Says:
My first prescription pills have a 70 imprinted on one sside and the letter Z imprinted on the other. They have no detectible smell. They came from Zydus Pharmaceu. My refill that just arrived has a fishy smell and 397 imprinted. They come fromCaraco Pharm. I get all of my medications from Maxor Pharmacy through my group medical pactice. I'd appreciate any help as I seem to remember reading not to change brands on Metformin.
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Remin Says:
I've been taking Novo-metformin for almost 20 years, and for the past 5-6 years, the dosage was 4x500 mg a day (breakfast 1, lunch 1, dinner 2). Everything went well until late January this year when I got the very fishy smell pills (non-coated). The pharmacist said all Metformin pills smell, just some
are coated and some are covered with fruit flavours) To me, that was never the case, because it was the first time in 20 years that I got fishy smell pills. She did exchange the pills for me, same manufacturer, but film-coated. They did smell fishy too, just not too noticeable when they were fresh in smaller bottles with a large smell absorber (d....., I forgot the word) in each bottle of 100 pills. I started taking them, and about 10 days later, my ears started hearing extremely loud and high-pitched noises. One doctor said the inner ear tubes could have been plugged up and told me to use nose-rinse and try some counter-drugs with decongestive and anti-histamines, but no effects. Other 3 doctors, including an ENT specialist, said they could not see anything wrong in either ears.
A friend gave me some non-coated novo-metformin she has from an older batch, no smell, like my old pills, but they did not help stop the ringing in the ears (esp the very loud, sharp, high-pitched in the left ear.) I guess the fishy pills have done some ir-reversible damage to my auditory nerve. Those high-pitched noises never stop for a second and are driving me nuts.
Doctors can only say that is aging. My pharmacist keeps saying the fishy smell is natural and could not have done any harm.
I wonder if the fishy smell batches are contaminated in some way. I can't believe they are harmless
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Steve Says:
This is the best solution. Take out the pill(s) you need and let them sit for a minute or two before taking them. The fishy smell is gone from the individual pills you pulled out.
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Ian Cunningham Says:
I am able to get the non fishy smelling Metformin manufactured by Aurobindo from Express Scripts. it works wonders but others have not worked so much.
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Kimberly Says:
I get my metformin from Wal-Mart and they smell and taste like nicotine.
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carlos Says:
mmmm... muy sabroso!
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MissyM Says:
I agree... I always said it smells like an old ladies dirty underpants..but I still take it.
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Wesman Says:
Its not your medication. Metformin or the generic version just assists the body to utilize insulin. That's it, that's all. The fishy odour from "down below" is unbalanced blood sugars causing your body to go into ketoacidosis and that smell is from the toxins your body made to break down muscle fibres into amino-acids because your brain needs amino-acids as a simple sugar substitute. You are not uncommon, but undiagnosed and if you drop your meds, the smell may go away but your body will literally eat itself to keep you alive.
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