[Dysphagia] Change of taste etc.

[swlslp at yahoo.com (Sandi Lancaster)]

Thanks to everyone who responded to my inquiry re: reduced taste after CVA. 
   
  My patient is only on 2 medications:  Pravachol and Lisinopril.  From what I found online, it doesn't look like either one would be expected to alter or reduce taste.
   
  I don't have any medical hx on him other than "CVA" in terms of specific lesion...he's severely aphasic and has oral/verbal and limb apraxia as well.  No dysarthria or oral weakness.

  I have passed along the suggestions that I have received so far...if anyone has any further ideas, please let me know!
   
  Thanks,
   
  Sandi
  
Irene Campbell-Taylor <eripley@yahoo.com> wrote:
  It is not only the obvious antipsychotics, typical and atypical, that affect the ability to swallow, but the "hidden" ones such as metoclopramide (Reglan) and other psychotropic meds - that also may change taste perception.


Dr I Campbell-Taylor
Clinical Neuroscientist
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Sandi Lancaster, M.A. CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland
 		
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