Is Dysguesia Going to be a Rare or a Common Side-effect of Amlodipine?

A very rare side-effect of amlodipine is dysguesia. A review of the literature produced only one case. We report a case about a female with essential hypertension on drug treatment with amlodipine developed loss of taste sensation. Condition moderately improved on stoppage of the drug for 25 days. W...

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Autores principales: Pugazhenthan, T, Singh, H, Kumar, P, Hariharan, B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031906
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.131714
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description A very rare side-effect of amlodipine is dysguesia. A review of the literature produced only one case. We report a case about a female with essential hypertension on drug treatment with amlodipine developed loss of taste sensation. Condition moderately improved on stoppage of the drug for 25 days. We conclude that amlodipine can cause dysguesia. Here, we describe the clinical presentation and review the relevant literature on amlodipine and dysguesia.
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spelling pubmed-40837252014-07-16 Is Dysguesia Going to be a Rare or a Common Side-effect of Amlodipine? Pugazhenthan, T Singh, H Kumar, P Hariharan, B Ann Med Health Sci Res Case Report A very rare side-effect of amlodipine is dysguesia. A review of the literature produced only one case. We report a case about a female with essential hypertension on drug treatment with amlodipine developed loss of taste sensation. Condition moderately improved on stoppage of the drug for 25 days. We conclude that amlodipine can cause dysguesia. Here, we describe the clinical presentation and review the relevant literature on amlodipine and dysguesia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4083725/ /pubmed/25031906 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.131714 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Is Dysguesia Going to be a Rare or a Common Side-effect of Amlodipine?
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