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Posted 10/7/2011 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
I posted some time back that foods were tasting funny andf chocolate did not taste right any more.  I think I figured it out!  I forgot that I started using this mouth rinse more since my last dentist appointment.  The hygienist said I need to work on cleaning my mouth more with bacterial issues - she said my tongue looked coated.  I had used this stuff for a while...so I thought I did not add anything new to my routine.  But, I seemed to bump up how I often I use it.  I think it was "burning out" my taste buds.  I have not used any in a few weeks and things are tasting better again.  Maybe it's coincidence, but I am going with that for now.
Posted 10/8/2011 12:08 AM (GMT 0)
I doubt it is coincidence, we are usually pretty intune with our bodies, so I bet you have your answer. It's nice when it is a somewhat easy fix.

Post Edited (Zanne) : 10/8/2011 7:47:48 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 10/8/2011 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
Ditto what Zanne said. Sounds like you found your answer.
Posted 10/8/2011 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
I'm going to assume you're using Peridex or Perioguard (Chlorhexidine)?? If you were, taste changes are a common side effect of that mouth rinse. I'd get a tongue scraper and see if that helps. 95%+ of my patients have a coated tongue.

Could it be a side effect of your medicine? When I was on Remicade, I swore pretty much all my food tasted different....
Posted 10/8/2011 6:56 AM (GMT 0)
Am I wrong if I say that having a coated (and cracked) tongue often follows this disease? // BEE
Posted 10/8/2011 2:35 PM (GMT 0)
I'm sure that your diagnosis is right. All of us should remember that antibiotics can affect your tastebuds, too. Once, when I complained to my (former terrible) GI that anything I put into my mouth tasted awful, she told me to go see an oncologist, that I probably had cancer! My mother correctly diagnosed the problem as a reaction to the antibiotic that I was taking. When I stopped taking the antibiotic, the bad taste disappeared. Good for you for figuring it out!
Posted 10/9/2011 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
tooth...I am actually using a normal Crest mouth rinse. Do you think that is the same issue? good thought on the scraper. I was just thinking of brushing with a damp toothbrush on the tongue more. Gag reflex makes that hard though. Will ask my dentist what he thinks when I see him in November...he's great and his daughter has CD too.
Posted 10/10/2011 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
I just got one of those toothbrushes that has the reg bristles in the middle then has 2 rubber bristles on each side for the gums and the back of the toothbrush head is a tongue scraper works great.I have had many issues with staining thru the years from my meds not so much now but when on asulfadine my ortho insited I wasnt brushing and would raise his voice at me ...my mother who was a dental assistant at the time went in with me once since he wouldnt listen to me and that shut him up about it being my fault for lack of cleaning.
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