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A metallic taste is a listed FLAGYL reaction

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Metronidazole tablets beside a teaspoon and a mug of tea

01Taste

A sharp, unpleasant metallic taste has been reported with oral metronidazole. Taste perversion is a listed adverse reaction on the tablet label. Patients have described the taste as metallic and unpleasant while they were still taking the tablets.

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Sources

  1. FDA / Pfizer Flagyl (metronidazole) prescribing information

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