I have started taking 200mg of alpha lipoic acid daily for burning mouth. I noticed that after taking the capsule my urine has a bad smell —like skunk or sulfur. My physician has not heard of that side effect and said to increase the dose to 600mg daily because 200mg was not helping with my burning mouth. Has anyone else noticed malodorous urine and does it go away?
Alpha Lipoic Acid and bad urine odor?
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- 11 Dec 2020 by Anna1999
- Updated
- 20 October 2021
- Topics
- alpha-lipoic acid, sulfur, burning mouth syndrome, odor, burning, mouth, urine, burning mouth, capsule
4 Answers
Annie from england
11 Dec 2020
I definitely get unpleasant odor from ALA. Always have. I think greater the dosage, the more potent the odor.
Anna1999
12 Dec 2020
Thank you Annie from England. I’ll see what happens with the 600mg and if it makes a difference in my Burning Mouth Symptoms. I wonder if drinking more water will make the malodorous urine smell better?
Annie from england
12 Dec 2020
I took ALA 300 mg twice a day for 4 months and no help. But it may help others!
Anna1999
12 Dec 2020
Thank you Annie. I’ll keep my fingers crossed because don’t know what other options we can find for Burning Mouth Syndrome.
Blueeyes4evr
12 Apr 2021
Yes, yes, yes, a definite Skunk smell for sure. It's nasty, to say the least. Dosage daily is 600 mg which is accomplished by taking two capsules. Taking this supplement for neuropathy of the feet unrelated to diabetes. I've been taking this since March 30, 2021, and it is not going away yet.
taligee
28 Jul 2021
Yes! The same smell as if I have been eating asparagus. Maybe similar nutrients?
RZamo
21 Oct 2021
Regarding :- Burning Mouth Syndrome.
It is caused by anxiety, for me there was no burning in the morning but gradually increased during the day to include ulcers around the edges of my tongue gums and inside my cheeks, very painful!
anything that increased my anxiety also increased the burning pain, I found that drinking coffee made it worse for me, probably the caffeine in the coffee.
The good news is that it can be cured by curing the anxiety, my treatment consisted of taking a 2mg Diazepam tablet in the morning and sometimes an additional 2mg if burning started during the day and of course avoiding coffee.
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