Loss of taste and smell during treatment with topiramate.
Topiramate has already been suggested for treatment of olfactory hallucination. This is a report of a three and a half-year-old boy with idiopathic generalized tonic colonic epilepsy. He had lost his ability to detect and recognize taste and odor during treatment with topiramate. Those abilities improved after discontinuation of topiramate.
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Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir
D000370:Ageusia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005632:Fructose / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000077236:Topiramate
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose