Posted by bleauberry on December 11, 2009, at 21:49:26
In reply to Anyone else get pungent BO from Dexedrine??, posted by zarathustra on December 11, 2009, at 1:56:18
I also get a very pungeant odor with noradrenergic anything, including dexedrine. It is quite a unique odor, very offensive, not like any other kind of BO I've ever smelled. Putrid. Sometimes it is still there even after a shower.
This can be a sign of candida or bacterial infection within. It is their accelerated waste from NE stimulation causing the odor, my best guess. It is kind of riddle. I don't know why or how, but they seem to thrive on NE.
When I was on Doxycyline for a couple weeks for a boil, I was amazed to see that odor completely disappeared, even though I was still taking the med that caused it. About a week after I was done with Doxycyline, the smell came back. Certain antibacterial herbs have also made the smell go away. I don't fully understand the connection between NE and infections, and I seriously doubt anybody does. All I know is that antibacterial agents make it go away.
I can stop the smell by either avoiding anything that is pro-adrenergic or by taking antimicrobial agents.
At another forum it was theorized that this smell is from increased sweat gland activity, which obviously a stimulant like dexedrine would do, along with the increased bacterial or fungal activity in those glands, since they are thriving on the increased sweat. So either remove the sweat, or remove the microbes. Both methods work for me.
It was so discusting at one time that I wiped some tea tree oil under my arm where it smelled the worst. Tea tree oil is a powerful antimicrobial. Tea tree oil itself smells not good. After a couple hours I had to go shower off the tea tree oil because I couldn't handle its smell. Totally amazed, the pungeant odor was gone and stayed gone for a week.
My LLMD said it is a frequent condition with most of his Lyme patients.
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