Burning Mouth Syndrome Secondary to Antihypertensive Drug Use: Clinical Case Report

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a burning sensation or dysesthesia in an oral mucosa where no lesion was identified. A 57-year-old female complained of a strong burning sensation on the tongue, buccal mucosa, and lips, together with a significant reduction in salivation. No alteration of the oral mucosa was detected on intraoral clinical examination. The patient reported using various medications to control hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and asthma. Symptoms related to BMS appeared after a hypertensive crisis, resulting in a change in the pharmacological treatment regimen (an increase in the dose of captopril and the addition of enalapril).

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - July 11, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: MARIANA CANUTO MELO DE SOUSA LOPES, FRANCISCO LUIS DA COSTA DE MORAIS NETTO, JOAQUIM DAVID CARNEIRO NETO, JOSÉ MÁRIO DOS SANTOS PACHECO, HELLÍADA VASCONCELOS CHAVES, MIRNA MARQUES BEZERRA, KARUZA MARIA ALVES PEREIRA Source Type: research