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Bad taste in mouth, yellow coating on tongue, lansoprazole not worked. what now?

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Dr. John Comisi answered

Specializes in Dentistry

See your doctor: There is no way of knowing without having an examination. I would urge you to get to a physician or dentist to try to determine what the cause and solution to the problem would be.

Dr Sandler and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/4/2016

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