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Do you recommend zinc for patients with advanced CKD who have dysgeusia?

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Nephrology · UCLA

I do not recommend routine zinc supplementation for advanced CKD patients with dysgeusia due to mixed evidence and the risk of copper deficiency due to zinc supplementation. Zinc can interfere with copper absorption and may potentially cause copper deficiency. However, a trial of zinc supplementatio...

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Nephrology · Penn Medicine Cherry Hill

I do not have any experience with this. Likely, the patient will need dialysis soon.

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