Lyrica Side Effects Results In Loss Of 13 Teeth (Page 6) (Top voted first)

I am the patient of a pain management physician because there is nothing else that can be done for my back other thantry to manage my pain. I have had 19 back surgeries, including rods, broken back and rods on right side. My last surgery was the insertion of two morphine pain pumps, which caused my body to reject the plastic or some component thereof. They also inserted two dual-lead dorsal column stimulators, and even though all four of these pumps worked successfully, my body also rejected come component in the stimulators as well. One of the largest problems, second only to the pain, was the fact that I had 5 deep wound that went all the way down to my rectus muscle in my stomach. I had a staph infection from the pump as well as the stimulator. It took 6 months of wound care from the pain pumo, and now I am left with the most hideous scar. Same problem with my back, Oh well....this was supposed to be about LYRICA! Since January 2005, my doctor placed me on Lyrica and I thank God for it, because it has helped a great deal with my pain, however, after having to make an appointment to see an oral surgeon to remove all my teeth because of the Lyrica, I am LIVID!! No one eluded to the fact that Lyrica cound cause my teeth to rot out of my head, when I had the most wonderful white straight teeth. I just celebrated my 46th birthday a little over a week ago and I am facing dentures right in the mouth! There out to be a disclaimer, of which there were one. I am a label reader, and read instructions implicitly. At any rate, that won't help the halth of my mouth at this point. Is there a class action law suit out there somewhere, that would at the very least pay for any dental work, or at least warn those in the future? BE WARNED! You deserve a right to be informed. Signed, Oh My Missing Teeth in Oklahoma!

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I believe it!!! Never on any medication do they say it would be a side effect. If it can't kill you they dont tell you. Haven't taken but having problems from being on another medication.

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My partner was on lyrica for only a few days before it started causing her pain in the front of her teeth and gums. I stopped giving them to her, since I'm in charge of giving her her medications. After reading what you all have said I'm so glad. She still has the pain in her teeth though. And thats after only maybe 1 week on the lyrica. Anyone heard anything about savella? Her doc has prescribed it now... I'm worried about having her try such a new drug.

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Neurontin and lyrica have ruind my teeth, caused me to gain a lot of weight. I am seeing my dr. Wed. To get off of the lyrica. My tummy got huge when I started taking it. I'm afraid of the fluid retention.

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What if any side effects from Meloxican?

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Can someone please tell me how you know it is the Lyrica, i am petrified!

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I saw your post. I have the exact issue. I started Lyrica in May, 2011 for peripheral neuropathy. Same doctor who prescribed Lyrica also diagnosed me with amyloido sis. He was wrong about the diagnosis, thank goodness. However, I continued to take Lyrica. Upon the first month I noticed this awful burning in my mouth. I thought it might have been from an infected scuba gear mouthpiece. I continued on with this oral pain that was continuing to get worse. I felt I needed to continue with Lyrica for fear the peripheral neuropathy would get even worse. I realized I started taking Lyrica the same time my oral pain started. In July 2012, I stopped Lyrica for 5 days. Felt great, then got slammed with awful leg pain. So, I started Lyrica again. In October 2012, I decided to try and wean myself off. Was doing okay, about the 3 week. I started Lyrica again. I was so mad at myself. I decided this because I am home from work for surgery. Thought it would be a good time to be home and go thru WD symptoms. I was on 300mg daily and tapered down to 150 mg in a week. Then the next week is was 100mg. That was as far as I got.

Now I am determined to get off it. I see my pain management doctor this week. I saw a new dentist and my gums have been compromised. I decided to see a new dentist for a fresh perspective. My old dentist kept telling me I was clenching, thus causing oral pain. He never mentioned dry mouth, or asked about medications.
Tonight I am dropping down to 150 mg for one week. I feel the WD symptoms will outweigh the damage being done. Plus, I have noticed hair thinning as well. I am determined to get off this drug.

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Im certain its the Lyrica causing enamel and tooth erosion, gum erosion, burning/tingling in the gums, Ive only a few teeth on one side good enough to chew on, meat & peanut-like food is out of the question.
Im sure after I stopped for periods due to the bloating & fuzzy head side affects, and started noticing the gums and teeth pain improved. but that was after the teeth sent a bacterial infection to my heart valve, requiring open heart surgery and valve repair. I recently started and stopped dosage enough to be sure, then I looked it up and found this thread.
Totally changed my life, nearly costed me everything. I had no idea how things were connected. I gave doctors all my symptoms and insisted there had to be a connection, they treated me like I was crazy. Any class action suits?

How am I going to quit???

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I am a pain patient and was prescribed Lyrica for severe arthritic pain. It was only a couple of weeks before I noticed myvmouth hurting, and to my horror, noticed my gums receding. Now, it has gotten bad. I didn't know that the Lyrica was causing it. Now I do. Will be looking to sue over this. I would rather be taking narcotic pain medications than this stuff! I want to keep my teeth!

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I just found this site and told my hubby I have to get off lyrica now! Started taking "Ly" 4 months ago for cervical issue from car accident in dec 2012! I had the worst jaw pain felt like I was punched in left side jaw when I started taking it, nothing on right side all on left! Tht also is the side I hurt in accident. Low and behold I went to my dentist he said I needed root canal so I went to entidontist and they said huh??? You don't need root canal. Everyone thought I was crazy! It was from lyrica. Symptoms I have from LY are Peeing more than normal, sometimes trinkling, headaches, pain in lower jaw area and increased neck pain along with memory loss! I take 3/ 50ml at night only. Now I know why my mouth really hurts. It also makes me have a light period at times but they last like 10 days. Well I guess it's weening myself off it now! Not losing my teeth.,,,,, hell no! Also I filled out a form on Pfzier website patient assistant program and all my presp are free. They send them to my home FedEx and I have to call right before I'm out so they can send them! Great,,,, wonder wht I can take now since I'm allergic to neurotin and everything is so pricey an i dont have health ins either. I will die without the lyrica, but need my teeth! I have also gained around 10 pounds in my belly area. I am 41 so I'm not sure if my age or these damn meds! Great, back to the drawing board on being a Guinea pig again! Dammit!

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My doctor along with the Pharmacy tried to kill me with the Lyrica and 15 medications it took me to get away for the lyrica which organ damage of the skin, toe nail damage and fungus, increased yeast causing a yeast infections and wrath of skin disorders all secondary conditions which cost 10,000s of thousands and i am still going to the dermatologist I have reported to the state attorney general which i found out that Louisiana was not included in a settlement with the Makers for illegal activities of the maker but unsure numbers but around 21 states split 55 billion dollars the patients did not receive anything... where are the attorney .... BE FOR WARNED I HAVE BECOME an ATTORNEY WORST NIGHTMARE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA ... I NEED A FEDERAL ATTORNEY.... the INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE PAYING OFF THE DOCTORS TO CHANGE RECORDS, COLLUDING WITH ANY ATTORNEY ON INSURANCE MATTERS, AND IT DOES NOT STOP THERE ... THE JUDGES ARE BEING PAID OFF, TO VIOLATION CITIZENS RIGHTS. THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN LOUISIANA.

BLACK FAMILIES ARE HURT THE WORST

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I have Tri-Geminal neuralgia and was prescribed Lyrica, it worked well to lessen my pain but within a short period of time (less than 1 yr) my teeth started to abandon ship. I went to complete an extraction and the techs there were alarmed as they showed me an X-ray they had taken one year before. It showed that I had all my teeth with a number of filings but, still there. The picture they took that day showed that I had eleven teeth left and they were going to extract two.
The reason for the extraction was that they had been breaking or coming terribly loose. My regular dentist had removed the others but did not fill comfortable removing these teeth. He had told me the loss of the teeth was due to one, or a combination of the meds I was taking.
I now have partials. I had stopped taking Lyrica because the mental effects it caused me. As soon as I stopped taking it the remaining teeth are fine.

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Iwas also on Lyrica for about 4-5 yrs. I went to dentist faithfully ever 6 months. I had at least 5 root canals & crowns. Then I went for my usual checkup & in 6 months I had gotten 13 cavities. I was an RN but can no longer work . I read a book on Thyroid problems & it mentioned numerous cavities. Then I started wondering if it could be Lyrica. I had all cavities taken care of then my crowns stsrted snapping off, leaving only posts. Since then 3 more have done that. Every tooth has rotted from inside out. I'm devastated. I have severe fibromyalgia & painful bladder syndrome. I cant stand for anyone to touch my teeth, not to mention I dont have dental insurance. This all started when I was about 57. I'm now 62.

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I have been on Lyrica for 6 years now. I have POTS with some pretty nasty neuropathic pain. I get burning so bad in my eyes that it feels as if there are onions sitting just inches away from my eyes all the time! This was 'before' taking Lyrica. There is no doubt that the drug works for pain relief. I think I would have lost my mind with the kind of pain that I was experiencing. However, I noticed around 18 months ago that my teeth were becoming very sensitive. I could feel it mostly in my top, front 6 teeth. It got to the point where I couldn't even bite into something as soft as a banana!!! To put any pressure on them was becoming more and more painful. I had them checked by my dentist and he said that the pulp had deteriorated. Since we were going away to Europe for a month, he decided to do two root canals in my front left center tooth and the one to the left of that. This didn't alleviate the pain in any way! I ended up having the center one pulled and an implant post put in. After waiting the 3 months for it to heal and having the implant put in, I then couldn't stand the pain of the other left one and had to have it removed! I now have two implants, at a cost of $3500 each!!! (Implants are VERY expensive in Canada!) Since that time, the front right center tooth and the one to the right of that, have now become just as bad as the original two. I had two root canals on these ones too. An Endodontist did these ones at a cost of $1200 each and I now fear that they are going to have to be removed and have implants as well. My front teeth are so painful that even TALKING is difficult!! We don't realize how much our tongues touch the backs of our front teeth until there is pain involved!! I now have to move my jaw in a different way in order to keep my tongue back from my front teeth as much as possible.This has caused some severe TMJ issues. I do my best to talk as little as possible as it's just too uncomfortable. It has had such a spiraling effect on my life. When I mentioned to my dentist that I was reading that Lyrica could possibly be the culprit, he said, "You can't believe every side effect that you read. The chances of it being that are pretty remote." However he is "perplexed" as to what could cause my otherwise decent, 6 front teeth to 'all at once' become so tender to touch and troublesome. Health care professionals do not like us to try to figure out our own health issues. Do they not realize that 95% of us only turn to the internet to search up these weird side effects when we are having some really devastating issues with our health and our own doctors can not figure it out! Besides, had I not been my own advocate, I would still be waiting for a proper treatment plan for my POTS, which has also been (at times) very devastating.
I wish I knew what to do here. I have tried Amitriptyline for my burning symptoms. It worked well but made me sweat profusely. Incidentally, the Lyrica makes me sweat profusely as well, but not quite as bad as the Amit. So do we live in pain with a full set of teeth, or lose our teeth to live with less pain? I know I can't live with the pain so I have no choice. All I can do is ask my doctor if there is something else I can take? It seems that I have tried a lot of drugs to find the one that helped with the pain. I just don't know what to do any more.....

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How long were you on lyrica before you had dental problems

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Started Lyrica February 2014, it is now January 2015. I have lost 8 teeth starting in June. Every tooth I had that had been worked on broke off at the gum. Most broke with no pain at all. I have no insurance and no way to get this fixed. I am now worried about the bacteria interning the blood steam and effected my heart valves or settling in my knee implants. Don't know what to do. Lyrica was a life saver for me from horrible nerve pain. Now what??

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I had been on Lyrica for about 4 yrs. I went to dentist every 6 months flossed, etc. Then I went and in 6 months got 13 cavities! I went off Lyrica by then because my balance was off and my memory was getting worse. At the same time I read a book for women on thyroid issues and assumed cavities were result of hypothyroid. I also have severe fibromyalgia. I've now had 4 teeth pulled and 2 just snapped at the base. All of my teeth are rotting from inside out. I'm only dealing with one at a time because with the FM, I can't tolerate the pain even with pain meds. I used to have nice smile. Now I'm missing a tooth in every quadrant. All molars. I spent over $10,00 getting root canals & I think I had 6 crowns total. Most of them snapped. Talk about waste of money. Frankly, I hope I'll croak before I have to deal with rest of teeth. I can't afford it & I'm not a candidate for implants even if I could afford it. I never could stand anything in my mouth.

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In addition to ruining my teeth I also gained 30 lb that didn't all come off after I stopped Lyrica.

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Well,
Since I stopped taking Lyrica over a year ago the remainder of the teeth have managed to hang in there even without the support of the other teeth. The Lyrica worked for some nerve pains but I suppose they ought to advertise it as a dietary supplement since the amount and type of food you take in is in for a BIG change

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I was prescribed Lyrica along with other medications for fibromyalgia and have since had major dental deterioration.
If anyone is aware of a way to gain compensation please let us know.

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I wish you the best of luck. I was on lyrical for a little over 9 months, I also have issues with most of my teeth being loose, right foot fungus including my toenail, blurry vision confusion mood swings and more. I am finally off this killer drug, I hope and pray that some day someone will hear our deep crystal of concerns and hold the money greedy pharmaceutical company responsible for putting this drug on the market for us to consume.

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