I have not posted in a month as I have not smoked in a month. I wanted to share this in case others experience it. My smokes started tasting bad a month ago. Some suggested Covid, some suggested too much Latakia. I took 2 weeks off with no luck. Same issue.
I am 57 and take meds like most at my age. I take a statin medicine for lowering cholesterol as many do. I also take some other meds. About a month ago my smokes began to taste bad and around the same time my saliva would taste salty sometimes, sometimes sweet, sometimes metallic. In addition I started producing more saliva than normal. It was driving me crazy and I thought the pipe smoking caused it. Did I get cancer? What happened? I am pre-diabetic and eating healthy but read diabetics taste sweet saliva. What is the issue?
I went to Endocrinologist and after testing confirmed it’s not my blood sugar or insulin issues. I then went to ENT and all was good neck up, however he told me hyper-salivation is most often caused by medications.
Then the light bulb went off in my head. My cardio doctor changed my statin medicine in February to a new medicine called Rosuvastatin Calcium because it is supposed to be better.
I went back to my prior statin medicine Monday and am eager to see if I return to normal in next 30 days. I want to enjoy the pipe again.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Is anyone taking Rosuvastatin?
I am 57 and take meds like most at my age. I take a statin medicine for lowering cholesterol as many do. I also take some other meds. About a month ago my smokes began to taste bad and around the same time my saliva would taste salty sometimes, sometimes sweet, sometimes metallic. In addition I started producing more saliva than normal. It was driving me crazy and I thought the pipe smoking caused it. Did I get cancer? What happened? I am pre-diabetic and eating healthy but read diabetics taste sweet saliva. What is the issue?
I went to Endocrinologist and after testing confirmed it’s not my blood sugar or insulin issues. I then went to ENT and all was good neck up, however he told me hyper-salivation is most often caused by medications.
Then the light bulb went off in my head. My cardio doctor changed my statin medicine in February to a new medicine called Rosuvastatin Calcium because it is supposed to be better.
I went back to my prior statin medicine Monday and am eager to see if I return to normal in next 30 days. I want to enjoy the pipe again.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Is anyone taking Rosuvastatin?