metallic taste in the mouth after chemo

February 21, 2004

Dear Group,

My Sister is a nurse and has a patient that developed a strong

metallic taste in her mouth after chemotherapy. The patient is

currently on a detox program. The metallic taste is worse if she has

any sugar and can only eat grapefruit and lemons. Some other foods

also seem to trigger this strong taste. My sister is going to

confirm whether she has mercury fillings.

What explanation would there be for this after chemo? Would it

enhance the gassing off of mercury fillings? Would the detox also

bring out a metallic taste because she is getting rid of heavy

metals? Does chemo have metals in it?

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA, Bee

February 29, 2004

Bee, I had a very strong metallic taste in my mouth last year after doing a 3

week epsom salt detox cleanse. It then became a sour taste and eventually

developed into a salty taste. I feared it was permanent as it continued for a

number of days if not weeks (can't remember well now). I don't have mercury

fillings so it was not related to that. I searched on the Internet and found

that it was very common among people on medication or with Srojen's disease

(don't know how to spell it). Thankfully it went away after a while. Someone

suggested it was just part of my body detoxing.

Hope this helps,

Filippa