Strange taste and mild lithium intoxication.
So far, it has not been emphasised that lithium can lose or change taste in some patients. This report addresses such side effect of lithium. A 61-year-old bipolar patient experienced taste changes while increasing lithium levels up to 1.28 mEq/l and the taste changes returned to normal after lithium discontinuation. The present findings suggest that changes in tastes may be a symptom of mild lithium intoxication.
Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan. terao@oita-u.ac.jp
Takeshi
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Terao
Shosuke
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Watanabe
Nobuhiko
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Hoaki
Takayuki
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Hoaki
D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D004408:Dysgeusia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D018692:Antimanic Agents; D018020:Lithium Compounds