[Taste disorders and liver parenchymal damage after administration of thiamazole (author's transl)]

Marked, and in some cases long-lasting, taste disturbances occurred in three patients on thiamazole. In addition, all three had a rise in serum transaminases and alkaline phosphatase levels, due to associated liver parenchymal damage. Cause of these changes was the high thiamazole dosage (160 and 120 mg/d). Reduction in dosage restored normal taste sense in all three, but in two the drug had to be discontinued because of persisting high transaminase levels.