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[india-drug] Re: Metallic taste with nitroimidazoles (6)

  • From: "Dr Gurudas Khilnani" <drgurudas@rediffmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:00:22 -0000

Metallic taste with nitroimidazoles (6)
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Dear sir,

Metronidazole is a bitter substance amd it is secreted in significant amount in saliva giving a bitter mettalic taste. Other drugs which cause dysgeusia are captopril, d-penicillamine, griseofulvin etc. For the first two it is SH (sulfur content)which is responsible. The nitro imidazoles as such may have a metallic taste. It nay appear to be too simple an explanation but iti s most likely the reason.

Regards.
Dr Gurudas Khilnani, ND Medicine; MD Pharmacology.
"Dr Gurudas Khilnani" <drgurudas@rediffmail.com>