Most instances of a metallic taste are fleeting. In clinical cases of dysgeusia, doctors recommend placing a small ice cube in the mouth for a minute just before eating. They also prescribe therapies such as sucking lozenges with benzocaine, artificial saliva, anticonvulsants, and zinc gluconate.

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