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Medication

Terbinafine

Antifungal (allylamine, systemic)

Brand names: Lamisil

Oral health effects

  • Taste disturbance / loss (dysgeusia/ageusia)

    Notably associated with prolonged taste disturbance or loss, which can persist for weeks after stopping.

    Clinical management: Warn patients; usually reversible; reassure and monitor.

Sources

  1. A review and guide to drug-associated oral adverse effects-Dental, salivary and neurosensory reactions. Part 1. Teoh L, Moses G, McCullough MJ. Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology, 2019.