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<blockquote data-quote="paulos" data-source="post: 1252338" data-attributes="member: 175265"><p>Yes, I have just started taking 500mg Metformin a day (starting on a low dose to avoid the well known side effects) and I noticed, within 24 hours of taking the first dose, that my sense of smell was really massively enhanced. Up to a point, I quite enjoy it as Thailand, where I live, is a pretty fragrant country. There are highly scented trees and shrubs in flower for much of the year and so just walking down the street can be a truly amazing olfactory experience. On the other hand, Thailand also hosts some pretty pungent odours of the not so pleasant kind and I noticed that a restaurant that I frequent hosts some smells that are definitely NOT of the pleasant variety but that I had never even noticed before. The open air restaurant and food market near where I live has also become difficult to tolerate.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad to hear that I am not alone in having this slightly weird side effect. I was beginning to wonder if it was caused by some, rather more sinister, medical condition. If someone said to me that there was a medication I could take that would stop it; I wouldn't want to take it as, on balance, I enjoy this novel sensation!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulos, post: 1252338, member: 175265"] Yes, I have just started taking 500mg Metformin a day (starting on a low dose to avoid the well known side effects) and I noticed, within 24 hours of taking the first dose, that my sense of smell was really massively enhanced. Up to a point, I quite enjoy it as Thailand, where I live, is a pretty fragrant country. There are highly scented trees and shrubs in flower for much of the year and so just walking down the street can be a truly amazing olfactory experience. On the other hand, Thailand also hosts some pretty pungent odours of the not so pleasant kind and I noticed that a restaurant that I frequent hosts some smells that are definitely NOT of the pleasant variety but that I had never even noticed before. The open air restaurant and food market near where I live has also become difficult to tolerate. I'm glad to hear that I am not alone in having this slightly weird side effect. I was beginning to wonder if it was caused by some, rather more sinister, medical condition. If someone said to me that there was a medication I could take that would stop it; I wouldn't want to take it as, on balance, I enjoy this novel sensation! [/QUOTE]
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