KYHokiemom Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Anyone lose taste completely while on prednisone? I am being treated for an allergic rxn to sulfur antibiotics on day 8 of prednisone and weaning off in 4 more days. Everything tastes like cardboard. Honestly - not during summer icecream months! :tongue_smilie: Just wondering when my taste will return.... TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amandamc0017 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I've been on Prednisone several times in my life and never had that reaction. I'm allergic to sulfur drugs as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Ditto Amanda's comments. Both my parents have been on prednisone several times and they've not lost their sense of taste, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I didn't have that side effect but anti-biotics cause things to taste metallic for me. My hubby has the same problem with anti-biotics. Have you checked the side effect profile to see if this is a common reaction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I have never heard of that side effect either. Some weight gain is direct from the prednisone but a lot is from eating more on it. I would think that people would eat LESS if everything tasted nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 My mum had bad side effects to prednisone- couldn't live with it, couldn't live without it- took her months to get off it. But, I cant remember her mentioning that one (it might have seemed a minor inconvenience at the time, not worth mentioning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 no, neither I nor my daughter have had that side effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 No experience with pred., but my son is on dexamethasone 5 days a month and during that time he only wants to eat salty things (we have other friends who are on this also and they have similar reactions), so steroids can change your sense of taste. It may depend on your dosage also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYHokiemom Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 I still can not taste anything except for salt. I think it must be a rxn to the sulfa drug that I had such a bad rxn to and not the prednisone. Anyone lose taste and regain it? How long did it take? It is really a bummer to not taste anything.... Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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