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05-30-2007, 10:57 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 2,001
| |  Why does my Metformin smell funny?
Hi, I have always wondered why my pills smell funny. I wonder if other people have the same smell with Metformin? I take two of these horse pills a day which are 1000mgs each.
Thanks, Rob. |
05-31-2007, 12:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kapiti, New Zealand
Posts: 801
| | | Mine too ... they actually smell a bit fishy! Eww! I keep my nose well away from the pot when I open it now.
I'm sure they never used to smell like that - but maybe I just never noticed. My last three pots have been the same so I know it's not just one batch.
Gross, isn't it?!
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05-31-2007, 10:49 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Douglasville, GA
Posts: 2,583
| | Yes, it's gross, and I never noticed it until someone on here mentioned it some months back. LOL What I wanna know is WHY y'all are smelling your meds?? LOL Is this a common practice? Sniffing any container you open? *giggles* I'm sorry! I just had to ask! As I said, I never noticed it before, until someone else mentioned it .... and then, it was that one time only! I'm not in the habit of sniffing containers I open. Well, unless it's come from the fridge and I'm unsure if it's still good or not!!  LOL
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Age: 44
Type 2 - Dx'd 08.16.05
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[ A1c ]
6.9 - 01/07
6.0 - 05/07
5.9 - 09/07
6.4 - 3/08
6.4 - 10/08
[ Meter ]
UltraSmart/Ultra2/Contour
[ Meds ]
Metformin 1000mg 2x, Novolin N 20u 2x, Novolin R 1:10
Lisinopril 40mg 1x, Simvastatin 80mg 1x, Aspirin 81mg 1x, Albuterol as needed
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05-31-2007, 11:40 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
Posts: 705
| | | It depends on the manufacturer. If it bother you too much (I had to hold my nose when I took them), you can ask for a different brand of generic.
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Correctly dx T1 (LADA) 11/2006
MM 522 w/NovoLog since 1/07
Previously on Actos, Starlix, Metformin ER, Lantus
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05-31-2007, 11:59 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
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| | | The only one of my pills that have any odor at all is my iron pill.....I smell it even after I have swallowed it....yuck! My insulin smells like bandaids, though.
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06-01-2007, 02:59 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tennessee
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Hi, I cann't miss the smell because when I put my pills in my pill box I smell it. You wonder why it so smells bad.
Rob |
06-01-2007, 06:34 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
Posts: 870
| | | Great! Now most of us WILL smell our next dose!!
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(April '07-A1C= 6.9)
(August '07 A1C= 6.4)
(March '08 A1C= 6.4)
(June '08 A1C= 6.3)
(Sept '08 A1C= 7.4)
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06-02-2007, 12:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
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Originally Posted by bryan42  Great! Now most of us WILL smell our next dose!! | Believe me, if it was the smelly kind, you'd know it already! It smells like moldy pee to me...
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MM 522 w/NovoLog since 1/07
Previously on Actos, Starlix, Metformin ER, Lantus
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06-03-2007, 01:25 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 66
| | | I just sniffed my pills. Mercifully they don't have any smell and especially a fishy smell because fish does not agree with me. It must have to do with the particular company that manufactures them. |
06-03-2007, 07:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 9,311
| | I just started metformin a few days ago. I had to go smell it. Mine had a light odor of....hmmm sort of fishy. I would not notice it unless I really stuck my nose it in though. Gee Thanks. 
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06-03-2007, 11:40 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Tennessee
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Hi, I'm glad my metformin is like everyone elses that smells like fish. I was worried it might be a problem with it.
Thanks, Rob |
10-29-2008, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob43 Hi, I have always wondered why my pills smell funny. I wonder if other people have the same smell with Metformin? I take two of these horse pills a day which are 1000mgs each.
Thanks, Rob. | Hi, I thought everyone could smell it, but they cant. What happened to me was after 6 months of feeling good on it but the smell got worse it decided to attack my body. After 3wks on mega antihistimines(1st thought it was ragweed) then 9 days of steriods. iam finally pulling through. Scariest thing I've ever been through. Should have listen to my nose |
10-29-2008, 02:38 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: montreal
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| | | I must have another generic form.Mine Smells cherry I hate the taste of it .I notice the smell after they change the pill for the generic did'nt have the regular one . Bye Ricky Different Manufacturor maybe in Canada?
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10-29-2008, 06:38 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Spokane, WA
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| | OK....I just stuck my nose in the bottle. I agree they are kind of fishy smelling. I never noticed before.
To me nothing smells worse than those stinky multi vitamins. Those are the worst! 
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Type 2 since 2/07
Metformin ER 750mg 3x daily
Glipizide 5mg 2x daily
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2/07 - 10.3%
6/07 - 6.0%
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7/08 - 6.0%
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10-29-2008, 06:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 134
| | | Insulin smells like a hospital to me.
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