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Amy Svob
I have an interesting case to share. I work as a palliative care NP. I consulted on a 78 yr old male with metastatic small cell carcinoma. He did a clinical trial at Cleveland Clinic that resulted in a total change in his taste of what he explains “extreme salty and buttery”. He tried B vitamins and zinc for two months with no improvement. I assume his chemo killed the surface of his tongue so as you can imagine this has severely affected his quality of life. I wish I had a suggestion for him and was thinking a calendula and comfrey cold infusion and have him drink/swish and swallow three times a day. I’m of course open to any suggestions. I will talk to him about comfrey but he has liver mets. He knows his time is limited so I suspect he would be willing to try the comfrey. I realize Doc doesn’t discuss castor oil but I’m considering anything that would help restore any new tissue.
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Dr. Patrick Jones
If it’s a local mouth issue like that, he wouldn’t even need to swallow it. He could swish and spit. I have no idea if it’d help but tastebuds are pretty transient tissues and maybe they’d come back if they haven’t been replaced by scar tissue.
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