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Instead of a metallic taste after taking flagyl i get a bad taste in the mouth about an hour before my next dose, so the taste comes 5 hours later? y?

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Dr. Frank Kuitems answered

Yes : Yes bad taste from Flagyl can come hours later

Answered 3/19/2016

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A member asked:

Instead of a metallic taste after taking flagyl i get a bad taste in the mouth about an hour before my next dose, so the taste comes 5 hours later? y?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Frank Kuitems answered

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