# Intranasal odor of acetaminophen **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626 "2003-12-03T02:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626/62 "2023-08-20T06:22:57Z")
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**Author:** ![shadoegrounds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadoegrounds/32/15208_2.png) [@shadoegrounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadoegrounds)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626/63 "2023-10-13T06:59:37Z")
I’m so bad. I just googled this and didn’t realize I already posted in this thread 7 years ago. 😳 It’s crazy that even after that long, this is STILL the only result for that topic. ---
**Author:** ![psycrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cab0a1/32.png) [@psycrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycrow)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626/64 "2024-01-26T04:52:12Z")
Right here with you guys. Been crossing this thread for years. A rose/pen ink smell was most accurate for me as well. I’d also describe it as a sickeningly sweet. I find it sticks in my nose and the back of my throat very strongly about 15-30 min after taking it. The subtle warm, aloof n hazey feeling is there too. ESPECIALLY with the red coated ones. Would love for this to be investigated into, maybe ill see y’all in a trial on day lol. Glad we’ve all managed to come across this post one way or another, it’s unbelievable I can’t find anything else about this online. ---
**Author:** ![AmoniaNoseFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@AmoniaNoseFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmoniaNoseFace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626/65 "2024-01-27T19:47:26Z")
I, 64th the weird acetaminophen smell. Yeah, so I found this thread the same way as everyone else… I have stage-4 cirrhosis. My hepatologist says that I can take up to 2,000 mgs of acetaminophen/day. With having cirrhosis, I have a lot of pain and inflammation - mostly in my back. Some days I get spasms to where I can’t even stand up to make myself food. During those spasms, I sometimes attempt to do whatever to mitigate the pain, which may include taking more acetaminophen than I’m “allowed.” Only then do I get the weird smell, so I assumed it to be liver related. To me the smell has kind of an amonia hint to it - along with the exploded pen (good description), which would make liver/cirrhosis sense. Hence why I looked up the smell, to see if I was/am expediting the dying process by taking too much acetaminophen at times. - 64/64 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626/66 "2024-01-29T23:54:35Z")
Couldn’t you take w-a-y less opioid at this point? Jeez, that’s terrible for you. Good luck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intranasal-odor-of-acetaminophen/216626.md?page=3)