I'm taking 500 mg. 4 times a day for strep throat. I've taken a total of 5 doses and my urine has a strong medicinal smell. What does that mean?
2006-06-14 14:21:58 · 9 answers · asked by RENEE P 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yes it does. Penicillins are eliminately primarily through kidney excretion into the urine. Your urine will smell just like the pills... a wonderful bitter moldy smell. It shouldn't mean anything at all.
2006-06-14 14:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by Almost MD 3 · 9⤊ 1⤋
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I'm taking 500 mg. 4 times a day for strep throat. I've taken a total of 5 doses and my urine has a strong medicinal smell. What does that mean?
2015-08-19 10:54:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yup. In the old days when penicillin was really hard to manufacture and really expensive, they would collect the urine of patients who were taking penicillin and recycle the penicillin (after purifying it of course).
The kidneys are very effective at filtering out the penicillin from the blood stream. That's one reason why you have to take it so often.
2006-06-14 14:29:01 · answer #4 · answered by Diane D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Certainly is. I know you'll be happy once you don't need to keep taking the penicillin. Such a strong odor. Ewww. But at least it's helping you feel better. Health first. d
2016-04-06 07:14:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How has that worked out for you 10 years later?
2016-02-02 18:08:33 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that I don't know what is medicinal smell.
How did your urine smell before? It should smell like a rose.
2006-06-14 14:25:13 · answer #7 · answered by rakovica.blinks 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
yes deffinantly! it has a strong oder. nothing 2 worry about!
2006-06-14 14:25:06 · answer #8 · answered by kathleen_texas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
penicillian is very strong medicine and that is actually what you are smelling. the medicine passing through...
2006-06-14 14:24:58 · answer #9 · answered by tosh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could - it could also mean your dehydrated
2006-06-14 14:23:56 · answer #10 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋