Is there a medication that makes you smell like alcohol?

[golfgal]

I was talking to someone the other day and they said that there is a medication that one of the side effects is that you smell like alcohol-like you had been drinking heavily smelling. True?? If so, what is it and what is it for.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Maybe it was a blood sugar thing, like hypoglycemia?

 

[Goofyluver]

Tequila.







JK. I don't really know. I'm curious, though.

 

[Jennasis]

Dextrose infusions (via IV). The solution is actually IN alcohol and if the infusion is done too rapidly, you can get drunk and smell like alcohol. It's not a drug one would take at home since it is via infusion. You'd get it done in a doctor's office/hospital.

 

[Aristocath]

All I can tell you is the insurance company switched my husband's nasal spray to a generic and everytime he uses it I think he has had a drink.

 

[shortbun]

Yeah and some people think you can't smell vodka on their breath, lol!

 

[Jennasis]

All I can tell you is the insurance company switched my husband's nasal spray to a generic and everytime he uses it I think he has had a drink.

Does it have alcohol in it?

 

[PatsMom]

Liquid adult Tylenol has a lot of alcohol. When I had surgery on my jaw I was working in a nuclear power plant with drug and alcohol screening. I had to report to the security department and the medical department that I was taking the medication in case the guards at the entry smelled alcohol or I was called for random screening since I could have blown a positive breathalyzer due to the Tylenol.

 

[golfgal]

Liquid adult Tylenol has a lot of alcohol. When I had surgery on my jaw I was working in a nuclear power plant with drug and alcohol screening. I had to report to the security department and the medical department that I was taking the medication in case the guards at the entry smelled alcohol or I was called for random screening since I could have blown a positive breathalyzer due to the Tylenol.

In this case, the "smell" is beyond medicine breath. This person smells so bad that it makes your eyes water. It is very much a stale vodka smell.

 

[Pigeon]

I've got a coworker who smells like that and I am absolutely sure he does not drink much, if ever. I've worked with him for long stretches at a time, and I've attended conferences, receptions and parties with him, where he usually nurses a seltzer or two for the evening. He does have blood sugar issues.

 

[Sparx]

All I can tell you is the insurance company switched my husband's nasal spray to a generic and everytime he uses it I think he has had a drink.

Its probably the generic flonaze. Sometimes it leaves a yeasty smell on the breath.

 

[Rora]

This is interesting.

DH is between jobs right now and is working at popular chain electronics store. He will sometimes come home and complain how people just reek of alcohol. He says a lot of them are older folk and some middle age customers. He said the smell makes feel sick.

He and I always just thought it was because they had been seriously drinking, although it seemed strange. This thread makes me think twice.

Whatever it may be-- I think it is real, based on DH (limited) experience.

 

[GingerJay]

Nyquil, too- although I don't think that anyone would take that before work. My husband said I smelled like I had been drinking all night when I took some before bed the other night

 

[JessicaR]

diabetic ketoacidosis. Not so much an alcohol smell, but a fruity smell as the body releases ketones to rid itself of severely high blood sugar. A person in this situation may appear to be intoxicated on alcohol because of the hyperglycemia. Blood tests would demonstrate a high blood sugar reading instead of a high blood alcohol level.

This happened to my MIL - my husband thought she smelled like alcohol.

Also there is a drug called Testim that could explain an alcohol smell strongly on a male.

I would think there are other medications/chemical reactions that could be the culprit.

 

[npmommie]

Dextrose infusions (via IV). The solution is actually IN alcohol and if the infusion is done too rapidly, you can get drunk and smell like alcohol. It's not a drug one would take at home since it is via infusion. You'd get it done in a doctor's office/hospital.

There are many many types of Dextrose IV fluids, not all include alcohol.

 

[badblackpug]

There are many many types of Dextrose IV fluids, not all include alcohol.

I was thinking the same thing.... I have never given a dextrose solution mixed in alcohol. Normal or 1/2 normal, but never alcohol.

I don't know of any "medicine" that makes someone smell like alcohol.

 

[npmommie]

I was thinking the same thing.... I have never given a dextrose solution mixed in alcohol. Normal or 1/2 normal, but never alcohol.

I don't know of any "medicine" that makes someone smell like alcohol.

nope I never have either, I actually think its one of those rarely used hypertonic solutions.

 

[tvguy]

A lot of asthma inhalers have alcohol in them and leave the smell on your breath.
I had a co-worker who had so many issues with cops that he carried a letter from his Doctor saying he used a astham inhaler and that if he was suspected of DUI they would have to do a blood or urine test because it would skew the breath-a-lizer tests.

I know a lot of unperfumed hand sanatizers smell like vodka to me, you use that and smell like booze for a few minutes.

 

[twinboysmom]

I was thinking the same thing.... I have never given a dextrose solution mixed in alcohol. Normal or 1/2 normal, but never alcohol.

I don't know of any "medicine" that makes someone smell like alcohol.

Never heard of it either. I will have to look it up.

 

[tlbwriter]

Liquid adult Tylenol has a lot of alcohol. When I had surgery on my jaw I was working in a nuclear power plant with drug and alcohol screening. I had to report to the security department and the medical department that I was taking the medication in case the guards at the entry smelled alcohol or I was called for random screening since I could have blown a positive breathalyzer due to the Tylenol.

In other words, you consumed so much alcohol (even if it was part of a medication, it was still alcohol) that you would have tested positive on a breathalyzer, and you were still allowed to work at a nuclear power plant?