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  • noun The distortion or loss of the sense of taste.

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Examples

  • At this point my working diagnosis was dysgeusia as an adverse drug reaction to Plavix.

    Clinical Case: Taste Disturbance, Otitis Externa and Other Symptoms (Part 1) 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • At this point my working diagnosis was dysgeusia as an adverse drug reaction to Plavix.

    Archive 2008-08-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • By the way, the medical term for taste disturbance is "dysgeusia."

    Archive 2007-08-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • The incidence of these adverse reactions in previously treated patients who received VICTRELIS combination therapy compared with peginterferon and ribavirin alone were: fatigue (55 vs. 50 percent), anemia (45 vs. 20 percent), nausea (43 vs. 38 percent), dysgeusia (44 vs. 11 percent), respectively.

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  • The most commonly reported adverse reactions greater than 35 percent in clinical trials in adult patients receiving the combination of VICTRELIS with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin were fatigue, anemia, nausea, headache and dysgeusia.

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  • The incidence of these adverse reactions in previously untreated patients who received VICTRELIS combination therapy compared with peginterferon and ribavirin alone were: fatigue (58 vs. 59 percent), anemia (50 vs. 30 percent), nausea (46 vs. 42 percent), dysgeusia (35 vs. 16 percent), respectively.

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  • Of these commonly reported adverse reactions, fatigue, anemia, nausea, and dysgeusia occurred at rates greater than or equal to 5 percent above the rates for peginterferon alfa and ribavirin alone in either clinical study.

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  • Of these commonly reported adverse reactions, fatigue, anemia, nausea, and dysgeusia occurred at rates greater than or equal to 5 percent above the rates for peginterferon alfa and ribavirin alone in either clinical study.

    unknown title 2011

  • The incidence of these adverse reactions in previously treated patients who received VICTRELIS combination therapy compared with peginterferon and ribavirin alone were: fatigue (55 vs. 50 percent), anemia (45 vs. 20 percent), nausea (43 vs. 38 percent), dysgeusia (44 vs. 11 percent), respectively.

    unknown title 2011

  • The most commonly reported adverse reactions greater than 35 percent in clinical trials in adult patients receiving the combination of VICTRELIS with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin were fatigue, anemia, nausea, headache and dysgeusia.

    unknown title 2011

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  • A distorted sense of taste often due to a metabolic disturbance or pathological process in the brain.

    June 11, 2009

  • See also cacogeusia and metallogeusia.

    May 16, 2011