Altered Sense of SMELL with Terbinafine. Everything Stinks, Plus Brief Chest Pain.
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Am I nuts? I thought my trash was rotting yesterday so I took it out, only to realize the stench was coming from my apartment hallway. And it smelled of rotting flesh! I told my sister we must have a Jeffrey Dahmer in my building because it was THAT bad. I've smelled nasty dead animal smells in the summer coming through the air vents but this permeated the entire hallway. I held my breath from the elevator to my room to avoid gagging.
The awful reeking continued today on my 4th day of treatment with terbinafine oral: this time with stomach-turning scents coming from my (empty) toilet, my sink and my own BODY. I really thought I might have some kind of infection in my nether regions so I peed in a cup only to realize the urine was clear & didn't smell at all. What exactly is going on here?
I googled and found that terbinafine can cause "alterations in smell & taste". Could this be what I'm experiencing? I also had a worrying but short-lived pain in the center of my chest yesterday... couldn't tell if it was my usual GERD or something worse, but it kinda radiated to my jaw & then went away after some burping.
I'm taking the terbinafine for severe ringworm of the scalp & really need to continue treatment but not if it's going to kill me. This seems to be the least harsh oral antifungal so if I can't handle it I'm screwed. Topical treatment does not work with tinea capitis. Anybody have a similar experience or know what might be going on?
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