title: By the way, doctor. I know someone who lost her sense of taste after years of heavy prescriptions for high blood pressure. Is this a side effect you have to accept, or should my friend's doctor try prescribing a different medication? Is the loss of taste reversible?
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: LeWine
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents