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<blockquote data-quote="RichardHawkings" data-source="post: 2069369" data-attributes="member: 272314"><p>Hi guys</p><p></p><p>I've been living in a very dusty polluted part of the Philippines for the past year, and about 2 months ago I realised I coudn't taste anything. Or rather I could taste - sweet, salt, sour etc but no flavours and no sense of smell. I'm now back in the UK some 5 weeks and I'm surrounded by nature - gresh cut grass, elder flowers, spring rain - but I can't smell any of it.</p><p></p><p>I saw a new GP about this today, as I'm aware of a number of possible causes aside from environmental, but she started off with asking me what meds I'm on, reached for her BNF and concluded it's a side effect of metformin that has taken three years to suddenly manifest and I'm to get a blood test with a view to changing dosage and meds - yet I've been on metformin 1000mg bd for three years with no side effects at all, and indeed no illnesses of any kind.</p><p></p><p>Anyone else experienced this? She was running late and it was only 9.30am, so I'm concerned she reached for the quickest possibility without considering options.</p><p></p><p>Yours</p><p></p><p>Worried of Milton Keynes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RichardHawkings, post: 2069369, member: 272314"] Hi guys I've been living in a very dusty polluted part of the Philippines for the past year, and about 2 months ago I realised I coudn't taste anything. Or rather I could taste - sweet, salt, sour etc but no flavours and no sense of smell. I'm now back in the UK some 5 weeks and I'm surrounded by nature - gresh cut grass, elder flowers, spring rain - but I can't smell any of it. I saw a new GP about this today, as I'm aware of a number of possible causes aside from environmental, but she started off with asking me what meds I'm on, reached for her BNF and concluded it's a side effect of metformin that has taken three years to suddenly manifest and I'm to get a blood test with a view to changing dosage and meds - yet I've been on metformin 1000mg bd for three years with no side effects at all, and indeed no illnesses of any kind. Anyone else experienced this? She was running late and it was only 9.30am, so I'm concerned she reached for the quickest possibility without considering options. Yours Worried of Milton Keynes [/QUOTE]
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