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• Shirley -- while this Forum is about stents, it
may be that the medication in your nebulizer has this side-effect. For
example Nebupent (pentamidine)
is known to leave a metallic taste in some people's mouth (it's suggested
to suck a hard candy afterwards). Google the drug you're using in the nebulizer
and see.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, February 27, 2008
• i've never had a stent but have breathing problems.
since i started using a nebulizer, i have a metallic taste when i cough?
why from what?
Shirley Alexander, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, February
19,
2008
• ...regarding the metallic taste...I had a DES
deployed in July 2007, and seven months later everything tastes like I'm
eating a bucket full of ten penny
nails...although it's still an improvement over my wife's cooking...joking,
just joking...seriously, have not noticed any differences in tasting food...
Rob S., Pennsylvania, USA, February 15, 2008
• I had a stent put in on Nov. of 2006. When I try to take walks or exert
myself like shoveling snow recently, I have a severe coughing spell along with
a metallic taste. Will this taste go away? I also quit smoking a week before
surgery. It has been over a year since I quit. Help me PLEASE.
Joyce, Maryland, USA, December 9, 2007
• I had open heart surgery five months ago and
complications required a drug induced [eluting] stent. A few weeks later,
I began experiencing a rancid-metallic taste in anything I put in my
mouth. No
doctor was able to pinpoint the problem until my orthopedic surgeon suggested
a Google search of taste and stents. Obviously,
this must be the answer.
Armand, Connecticut, USA, October 11, 2007
• My husband had two stents put in and was put on
Plavix in addition to the Verapamil he has been taking. A few weeks after
that he has suffered a complete
loss of taste and can barely eat. Has lost a lot of weight. This has been going
on for about a month. The first stent he had put in a couple of years ago did
not have any side effects. Anyone else had loss of taste after having stents
or using Plavix?
M., North Carolina, USA, September 25, 2007
• yes I too had a metallic taste in my mouth after
having stents (cypher) installed. I also had 100% blocked artery, so
stents were my only option at the time. 3 months went by before they were
installed
after being informed of the blockage. I lost a lot of weight (175 down
to 128) yes it did go away for
me , i had to eat
Charles P., Ohio, USA, September
14,
2007
• I had 2 M-LMiniVision stent June28th. I was put
on Plavix 75mg. Shortly after, lost my sense of taste. Everything tastes
terrible. I aM losing some weight
but really have a difficult time making myself eat. If I don't eat I get sick
to stomach. My Dr does not seem to think the meds caused it. I took warfarin,
lisinopril,hydrochlorthiazide, aspirin and simavastin. Had a blood clot in
lung in Feb. After stents inserted, I was put on Plavix and nitroglycerin.
That is
when I noticed the tasting problem. I describe the taste as alkaline or kinda
sweet. Most things taste like lard. I seem to have a tiny slight taste area
on tongue at back of throat. Can you help me decide what or where to get
help? Any
idea what caused this problem? Thanks.
Myrtle Kennedy, Midland, Michigan, USA, September 13, 2007
• Along with the metallic taste are episodes of
seeing "white", things
turn
white....when focusing.
PJM, Mexico, July 27, 2007
• Debbie -- we're not sure what your doctor is referring
to, but at the recent American College of Cardiology, a report was given
on Schering-Plough's new oral antiplatelet agent, known as TRA-SCH 530348.
But it's just entering Phase 3 trials, and is not approved for use anywhere
as yet.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, April 24, 2007
• Do you know of a new heart medicine that is not
commercial yet that can be taken about stent surgery? My mother had 2 stents
and since then cannot take Plavix because of a metallic taste and now is
taking Ticlid but has problems with lots of diarrhea. A doctor with her
heart doctor's office had read recently about this new med but cannot relocate
the information. Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.
Debbie Elder, Vincent, Ohio, USA, April 24, 2007
• third day after having two stents, 2nd day using,
for the first time "Plavix" i have an unexpected headache. very glad i
found this site. after reading of other effects "metallic" taste, i'll
let others know if this occurs.
Terry, Oregon, USA, March 25, 2007
• I didn't have that problem,but I've found that
I've lost my taste for things I used eat prior to having my heart attack
and stents installed.- I think I became used to the low sodium part of
what they fed me in the hospital...
Nita, Wichita, Kansas, USA, March 19, 2007
• I am rewriting in response to my mother. She had
2 stents put in in July 2006. Three weeks later everything she ate or drank
tasted metallic. After more that than 3 months of testing and a 36 lb.
weight loss we were to an end and did not think we would ever find an answer.
After talking to the cardiologist again and again I begged him to take
her off of Plavix and try something else. He put her on Ticlid and I am
so happy to say my mother is much better after being off Plavix. It took
about 3 weeks or more for the metallic taste to leave, but she can eat
or drink most anything. I don't know if this will help anyone else, but
we never dreamed it would be the Plavix.
Debbie Elder, Vincent, Ohio, USA, January 7, 2007
• to the editor: My mother had Taxus Express2 Monorail
stents. She does not take any Ace inhibitors. Her weight loss is now over
30 pounds. She had a swallow test done yesterday and a scope of the esophagus
and stomach tomorrow. If those test show nothing we do not know where to
turn next. Our family doctor said he only knows to do a pet scan next of
the entire body.
Debbie Elder, Vincent, Ohio, USA, November 8, 2006
• I had the metallic taste along with nausea for
years. Stents were inserted in 2002. I am allergic to nickel, but the docs
never checked - just inserted. I was very, very sick for several years
and developed an AAA. It was repaired and stents removed from iliac arteries.
Metal taste was gone in days.
Carole, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 4, 2006
• Responding to the question concerning my mother.
She had 2 stents and the card says Taxus Express 2 Monorail. She has not
improved and waiting to hear results from a head MRI, and they are doing
an Upper GI with barium next Tuesday and on Thursday a scope of the esophagus & stomach.
She does not use an Ace inhibitor and my daughter is a pharmacist and has
researched all of her meds. Mom's weight loss is now 30 pounds.
Debbie, Vincent, Ohio, USA, November 2, 2006
• Debbie -- do you know what kind of stent these
were. Your mother should have been given a card with that information on
it? Also is your mother on an ACE inhibitor. This class of drug can sometimes
cause a metallic taste.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, October 28, 2006
• My mother had 2 stents put in in July 2006.
Approximately 3 weeks later she started having a constant metallic taste
in her mouth. In the last 6 weeks she can barely eat, everything she
eats and drinks gives her the bad taste and if she tries to eat regardless
of the taste she gags and will vomit. She has lost 25 pounds and the
doctors cannot explain any of it after numerous blood tests checking
for several things including mineral deficiency. Do you have any answers
as what could be wrong or what to test for?
Debbie Elder, Vincent, Ohio, USA, October 19, 2006
• My daughter gets a metallic taste in her
mouth. Sometimes it is after anything in milk. She also suffers from
stress. Can you suggest anything that may help. Doris.
doris stapleton, nottingham, UK, October 17, 2006
• I've noticed that every time I conceive
I get this metallic taste in my mouth each and every time have this happen
to anyone else if so what is the cause and what can you do to help?
Morena, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, September 6, 2006
• I had same metal taste for weeks after cath
with Starclose femoral artery closure. What kind of closure did she have?
J.S., Colorado, USA, August 28, 2006
• You know, I have a metal taste in my mouth,
and have for a week. I have not had any of the above. I have been having
more allergic reactions to foods, and Drugs now. If I needed anything
for pain I would be totally screwed! I am allergic to many of the pain
medications that can treat the pain of the torn disc in my back. I can
take Ibuprofen, and that is it. I have recently had an allergic reaction
to eggs. That has NEVER happened before. I have yet to be seen by the
doctor, and am curious to see what becomes of this. I would gladly accept
loss of taste all together, than to have this constant metallic taste
in my mouth.
Shannon Langness, Kimball, Minnesota, USA, August 26, 2006
• i also had 1 stent put in and i now have
the metal taste but it didn't start right away, it came later and has
been ongoing now for months. drs. cannot seem to find the cause, and
meanwhile i can't eat as it makes me ill and cant swallow the food, and
have lost quite a bit of weight. would like any info to find a solution
to this problem. thank you.
Carla C., Texas, USA, May 23, 2006
• My 71 year old very active mother who was
a smoker had 3 stents placed in October 2005. She was placed on an ace
inhibitor(Altace) and immediately developed a cough. She took the Altace
for 6 days maximum. However almost 3 months later she still has the cough
and tires easily. Dr's keep putting it on the medication not out of her
system.
Patricia Friday, Lanham, MD - USA, December 30, 2005
• I take losarten (ARB as opposed to ACE) has anyone
experienced a metallic taste on this drug?
Jack, retired pharmacist, louisville , Ky, December 08, 2005
• A metallic taste is sometimes experienced during
a catheterization procedure, specifically as a result of contrast dye injection.
But that is something that probably wouldn't appear again after a week.
Some drugs are known to cause a metallic taste as a side effect -- for
example, the ACE inhibitor captopril (although this is an older drug and
not prescribed much anymore, specifically because of its undesireable side-effects).
Other posters to the Forum have described similar taste disturbances, but
we have not seen any evidence that the stent causes this (which is not
to say that stent allergies don't exist, but metallic taste doesn't seem
to be one of the symptoms). The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada
has a good
page on high-blood pressure and lists the following "less common
side effects" of ACE inhibitors in general:
- dizziness or lightheadedness, especially in hot weather,
during exercise or when standing up suddenly
- diarrhea, nausea
- persistent dry cough
- headache
- loss of taste or a metallic taste in your mouth (this
effect usually only occurs with high doses and goes away after a few
months)
Make a list of the medications your sister-in-law is
taking and look up the side effects of each one -- see if you find something.
And definitely discuss this side-effect with your doctor. If he/she feels
it is a drug side-effect, your doctor may change the prescription to a
different one. And please let us know if you find out anything and how
the situation is resolved.
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, November 15, 2005
• I'm not sure - she had (1?) metal stent put in & her
metal taste began about 1 week after that. It's constant & almost everything
tastes like metal. She is going nuts!! Have you heard of this?
Debbie, Winchester, VA, November 15, 2005
• Debbie, what type (Taxus, Cypher or other) stents
and how many? Also, was this immediately after the stenting, or did it
come later?
Forum Editor, Angioplasty.Org, November 14, 2005
• My sister-in-law had stents put in a few
months ago and now everything she eats tastes like metal. Has this happened
to anyone? What can be done? Is it possible that she could be allergic
to the metal stents & if so, what can be done?
posted by Debbie, Winchester, VA - USA, November 14, 2005
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