Re: Gleevec Smell side effect?

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I never smelt cig smoke but I was very sensitive to smells. Especially on

days when my nausea was bad. I never paid attention to what it smelled like

but I did have an altered sense of smell.

35

CML 5/13/05

Spyrcel 100mg

(Gleevec 800mg until 8/07)

Wife and mother of e (12,8,6)

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

I laughed when I read your post because I don't think there is anyone

out there who's nose is as sensitive as mine. If my window is open,

I'm able to smell my neighbour smoking when he's in his house and I'm

in mine.

I don't think I've ever read anywhere that Gleevec itself can cause

side effects related to smelling but in a round about way, I believe

it can.

Estrogen is known to influence our ability to smell and women who

have higher estrogen levels tend to have more sensitive noses (this

is also why women can generally smell better than men). So now while

Gleevec may not influence our ability to smell directly, I really

believe that the hormonal side effects that Gleevec causes, does

influence our smelling abilities. In other words, it's not the

Gleevec that is the cause but the hormonal disturbances that the

Gleevec causes.

Unfortunately I don't see any doctors rushing to study how our

hormones are effected while on Gleevec so the significance of this

side effect is totally unknown to us.

Take care,

Tracey

>

> Is smelling a side effect? I smell cigerette smoke, or at the very

least,

> unclean air, all the time. I thought because I had moved into an

apartment

> that the smell was coming from the adjoining apts... but I'm back

at my

> house and I still smell it... when no one else does. Does this go

away? It's

> been about 3 weeks now.

>

> Thanks,

> Tammy

>

>

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> I never smelt cig smoke but I was very sensitive to smells.

Especially on

> days when my nausea was bad. I never paid attention to what it

smelled like

> but I did have an altered sense of smell.

> 35

> CML 5/13/05

> Spyrcel 100mg

> (Gleevec 800mg until 8/07)

> Wife and mother of e (12,8,6)

>

>

>

> ************************************** See what's new at

http://www.aol.com

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