A double-blind study of the influences of eszopiclone on dysgeusia and taste function

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-318

  Doty, Richard L ^a,b   Treem, Jonathan ^a,b   Tourbier, Isabelle ^a,b   Mirza, Natasha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Eszopiclone; Lunesta; PTC; Side effects; Taste

Indexed keywords

ESZOPICLONE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER;

ADULT; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; SEX FACTORS; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049090378     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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