Lyrica Side Effects Results In Loss Of 13 Teeth (Page 8)

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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Oh, I’m so sorry, yeah this is a common side effect. I stopped taking gabapentin when I found out about it and I’m so glad I did. I was having dental issues every six months when I would go for a cleaning and now I don’t. I’m glad I stopped taking that trash before I lost all my teeth.

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Re: Pat (# 2)

No, it’s more than just the dry mouth stuff but you are right if it says dry mouth, it could hurt your teeth. But there’s something about gabapentin and Lyrica that destroys the teeth from the inside out.

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Re: Linda (# 140)

Wait, seriously? Whenever I go to the dentist they asked me about all my medications then they shame me for being on pain medication and they claim that it’s because of the dry mouth. They worry about my teeth. I’ve never had an issue with my teeth while just taking regular pain medication like oxycodone the minute. I added gabapentin. It was a problem though. Every visit. And as soon as I stopped taking gabapentin I stopped needing fillings at every dental visit.

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Re: Aly (# 131)

Oh yeah, the withdraws of this medication are awful and they don’t tell anybody. They didn’t warn me it would be worse than coming off opioids and it absolutely was it took like a month.

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Same here and it happened fast. 1 year great, the next year 4 teeth gone. By the next year I have dentures and 5 rotten teeth.

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Re: Linda (# 140)

Yes, it was told to me by my PCP that lack of salvia in the month can cause tooth decay, salvia helps fight the bacteria in the mouth, so if your Meds make you have Dry mouth look out for tooth decay being on gabapentin at one time now on Lyrica my Pretty white teeth are now decaying and braking away costing me alot of Dentist time and money and I only take 300 mg. per day, Dam if you do and Dam if you don't, been about 4 yrs. today almost all my teeth have been capped now but still have to sharply maint. them with Lyrica.

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Omg! I was put on gabapetin which is another form of Lyrica! My teeth were beautiful, & now they started falling out from the root! Chipping & they look awful like I'm a drug addict! I am ashamed to smile! I was put on gabapetin because I had such horrible pain in my feet I couldn't walk! I have congenital cervical & lumbar stenosis, degenerative disc disease, levo scoliosis, & non diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Once I started gabapetin I could walk, however I had a negative reaction from it. My feet swelled up like balloons! I was prescribed diuretics, & that didn't help. I tried to tell my Dr's it was the gabapetin but I was handed from Dr to Dr like a lab rat! I had to wear slippers for 3 months! Sent to a vein specialist her 1st question for me was how do you get out of bed everyday? Which broke my heart! I was put through so many unnecessary tests & not 1 Dr looked at my feet! I found a podiatrist I had horrible plantar fasciitis.

The Dr that prescribed gabapetin ruined the nerves in my feet! I had to see an edema specialist & get my feet & legs wrapped to my knees to remove the toxic fluids up & out of my body! First time I was wrapped my kidneys ached from the toxins! Then I was put on amitriptyline for pain! That was even more of a nightmare! My hair fell out when I weaned myself off of it! I gained 28 lb in 2 months, my breasts swelled up to my chin! I literally couldn't wake up from that medication. Put me in such a fog, and my system couldn't get acclimated. I would sleep 18 hours straight! Now I just take my pain medication, & stretching helps, along with ibuprofen. My spinal canal is half the size of a normal adults. Anytime your spine has arthritis, bulging/herniated disc it takes up space in spinal canal. It's causing my spine to flatten. I can literally feel my spine being squeezed. Only way to describe it is I feel like wizard of oz's tin man. Like my body needs oiled to move properly. It has been a truly humbling experience. My back is inoperable, & I had my neck fused. Which my surgeon wants to go back and fuse c1-t1 (currently c2-c5 are fused). By grace of God & trying to keep a positive attitude. My husband divorced me. I'm still standing! Hoping for a miracle to end the pain I've been dealt. The government needs to be ashamed for taking away ,reducing our pain meds. Obviously they have never been on the other end of the stick! Not all pain patients are addicts! Some of us actually need our medicine to function,& have normal day to day activities. Shame on them! God Bless all who know exactly how I feel!

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Re: Sassy08 (# 1)

I took gabapentin & same thing happened to me! It also made my feet swelled like balloons! I couldn't wear shoes for 3 months!

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Re: S6TF (# 9)

Omg... After I was weaned off gabapentin (generic Lyrica) I was prescribed amitriptyline for pain. Those 2 drugs nearly destroyed my life. I now only take my pain medication, & I would drop to my knees & thank God if I woke up 1day and didn't have to resort /depend on pain medication to live,& function normally. I just wanted to reach out,& let you know I understand exactly how you feel! Big Hug!

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Re: Sassy08 (# 1)

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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What strength were you on and for how long?

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So what did u do about it? Please help I too have been on it sense 2004 my teeth fell out within a month I have been so depressed over this ..i took good care of my teeth Ive lost 15 teeth

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Have you taken pain medication on the past that was an opiod? No judgment, I'm a dentist and was just curious!

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Re: Linda swisher (# 152)

I have been on Lyrica for nearly 2 years my teeth have just started doing the same thing rotting and falling out I just had my first one extracted this past Friday as it broke off and was rotten from the inside out... Within the space of four days I have started experimenting pain from other teeth... I returned to the dentist today as I thought I might have an infection from the extraction. Had a full head scan done and have several others that from the outside can see no visible damage but are quite literally rotten to the core and will now have to be removed... I 100% believe that Lyrica is to blame... F#@k This Poison

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That's exactly what mine done I went to the dentist, brush them, floss them I had pretty teeth.. Now I Don t go anywhere at all my daughter does my shopping I Don t want anyone to see me .. So heart broke over this. And im sorry it happen to u too

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Re: Dez (# 151)

In 2004 I started taking it. 300 mg... 3 times a day.

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Re: Linda (# 155)

You know, Covid isn’t over, so you could wear a mask and go shopping and nobody would think anything of it. And then they wouldn’t see your teeth, if that’s why you aren’t going out.

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Re: Sarah (# 153)

Hi Sarah, when this happened to me I was taking both. I had dental problems all the time. Now I just take oxycodone, and I never have dental issues.

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Re: Randy (# 149)

Yep it’s really upsetting that actual pain medication has been so demonized in the US that were forced to take stuff that is so much worse.

I’ve had to stop taking opioid pain medication after years of daily doses because I moved or changed insurance or something, I can tell you that for me gabapentin withdrawals were so much worse than any opioid withdrawals I have ever had. And I was only taking 600 mg at night, I weaned myself down over one or two months, and when I finally stopped taking it I was uncomfortable for about a month. Every time I’ve had to stop taking oxycodone the withdrawals are over in a week, they get significantly better after the third night. Gabapentin was so much worse. I don’t know who they think they’re helping by putting people on that medication instead of real pain medication, but it’s destroying lives. And teeth.
The only thing I found that helped me with the gabapentin withdrawals magnesium. You just have to be careful if you take too much she’ll get diarrhea.

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Re: Rocky (# 146)

Yes that’s the excuse that they give but I can tell you that oxycodone makes my mouth much drier than gabapentin ever did, and now that I’m only taking oxycodone and not gabapentin, I never have dental problems.

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