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COVID made things taste weird, now 'Paxlovid mouth' sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?

  • Written by Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University
COVID made things taste weird, now 'Paxlovid mouth' sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?Shutterstock

Loss or alteration of taste (dysgeusia) is a common symptom of COVID. It’s also a side effect of several illnesses and medications, including Paxlovid, the new antiviral medication to treat COVID infection.

Although it affects fewer than 6% of people who are given Paxlovid, some report a “horrible” taste that came on...

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