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Ageusia as a side effect of therapy with sertralin a case report (Zoloft)

Etiologies of taste disorders are multiple. Besides psychogenic, systemic, oral and neurological pathologies, medicines are the most common cause of taste disturbance. The fact that a large variety of medications affect the snese of taste is evidence of the complexity of the gustatory systems. Sertralin is a medication prescribed to treat a number of conditions within the brain, including depression, panic disorder, and obessive-compulsive disorder. It is a type of slective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that works by increasing serotonin levels in the brain. Potetntial side effects include nausea, drowsines, and diarrhea. Loss of taste can produce significant changes in quality of life of a patient. It can lead to loss of appetite, weight, and may require discontinuation of drug administration in already compromised patients Therefore, prescribers need to be aware of this side effect There is no information about the loss of sense of taste a consequence of sertraline but the present case confirms the hypothesis and the suspected causal drug sertraline in the genesis of ageusia.

ageusia; therapy with sertralin

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