Patients complain medicine stinks
February 17, 2010 |15:43 | General Information By : Team X
Some Type II Diabetes patients have stopped taking their medication because it stinks - literally. The drug is called Metformin. It's commonly used to treat Type II Diabetes. It's been well documented that the drug can cause nausea and now doctors have figured out why.
Patients report that the medication smells like dead, rotting fish or old sweat socks. The distinctive odor is also known among pharmacists. Doctors from the Medical College of Georgia explained their findings in a letter to the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
They suggest the pills may need to be coated with a film so patients can swallow them easier. They also said an extended released formula could help make it dissolve more slowly so patients aren't as likely to burp up suck foul odors.
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