CAN LACIDIPINE CAUSE SMELL DISORDERS? A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Summary. The sense of smell plays an important role in the maintenance of a good quality of life. Disturbances of olfactory sense include complete or partial loss of smell, distortion of smell, and perceived smell in the absence of real stimuli. Medications represent a less common cause of smell disorders. We report a case of a patient with a partial loss of smell associated with the calcium channel blocker lacidipine. Although various calcium channel blockers are known to cause smell disorders, such a side effect, to our knowledge, has not so far been reported for lacidipine.