Liver Pain and Can you smell the meds through pores?

[BronxRican007]

Folks,

I think I'm getting a little wacky but I can swear I smell the meds (medicinal smell) on my breath, skin, urine, etc. I know it sounds nuts. The smell is sickening too! Anybody else have the same crazy stuff happening to them?

Also I have mild (like a bruise pain) but slowly increasing URQ and occasional back pain? Anybody have that?

I'm on week 16 and its kicking my ass; I can't sleep, eat, I'm alsolutely sick of water.

I was undectable less than 600 IU at week 14. I bumped my lab reults at the Janis HCV website...and my blood worrk is low but not to the point of extreme anemia.

Friends

Your thoughts?
A very sick and tired Rican

[beamishboy]

i did a summer of radiation trx yrs ago & the samething happened then--we r so familiar w/ our own personal scent that any significant change stands out..i was quite bothered by the alteration then& now,but i think it's rather subtle and certainly to be expected...I mean if a few spears of aspragus can do it,why wouldn't a toxic overload of anti-viral chemicals signature a change in our basic body fragrance---Ewww de interferon--by Schering..............i am also xperiencing sum lower back pain,not unlike an ache frm too much draft beer in the long ago -i went &got myself a vgirous massage on friday,helped all kinda ways,stimulateing,but lower backpain returned pretty darn quik!!-i guess we could liken it to the itch of healin skin?or maybe just further sx of these stinkin drugs?--Have a reasonably tolerable weekend!!!!!!!!!

[mistybean]

Hi, I can't smell the meds.  I can smell the procritt.  I remember being on shot 16 and that is a hard time.  Are you anemic?  I did not take pain killers but have taken 2 ativan a day.  I take them to sleep and they work.  Ask the doctor for some sleeping pills or ativan to take the edge off. Good luck and hope you feel better

[friole]

Me too.  Not all the time, but I smell something weird - especially in the urine.  I know someone else posted about that awhile back and Eisbein posted that she smelled on Peg Intron (I think) but did not notice it on Pegasys.  I am on Pegasys and have just been starting to smell something.  Maybe it is related to the water thing.  Since it has been getting cold, I find it a lot harder to get my 85-132 ounces in a day ( I want to get at least 85 but try for a gallon), so maybe the meds need more dilution.

Chev - that's me, patient stinky

frijole

[GoofyDad]

Try eating asparagus - no more med smell in the pee!

[NYgirl]

Man oh man that drove me CRAZY the first couple of weeks during treatment especially the day or two after I did the shot.

I was like oh my GOD can everyone smell me like this?  It was so horrible I couldn't handle it.

I thought that it went away but the more I think about it...I've probably gotten USED to it now and don't notice it. I mean I am doing the same shots so yuck thinking of it now is making me gross out.

It came out of my pores, breath, pee (bad) and I guess it still is.

Aren't we lucky....we could recognize one another from 50 feet probably or something.

Debby

[lackalustre]

you are not nutty.  i had to change my sheet s    very often during tx. as my this medicine was coming out of my pores or changing my body chemistry as to not smell good.    i couldnt stand the smell of my sheets  after a few days.  yes it seemed metallic or just like an old persons skin.    sure glad that is over with.