Oxycontin Damaged My Teeth (Page 9) (Top voted first)

Has anyone else known oxycontin to rot the teeth? I used to be on vicodin until my doctor told me I needed to switch to a morphine based meds. She put me on ms contin but I had problems with it so she put me on 80mg oxycontin. Eventually my body built up a tolerance so she kept raising it, i have am now on from 4-6 per day of the 80mg tabs. It scares me that this is what rotted my teeth because only 5 yrs ago i had only 2 cavities that needed filling and then only 1 yr after going on the oxycontin i had to have all my top front teeth pulled as they where rotting from the inside out the dentist said my mouth looked like a heroin addict's mouth looks. He said it was shocking to him that normally he only saw such damage from someone who abused drugs with so much dental damage, but i have never done any street drugs and have only take my meds as prescribed to me. Now i have lost 80% of my teeth and as a beautiful 41 yr old mother its devastating. I cant afford dentures and sure cant afford implants like i would like to have. I am a single mother and refuse to date because i have lost my teeth now, i had beautiful teeth before i started on the oxycontin and only 2 small cavities that needed filling. Does anyone else have this same problem and if so why hasn't the company making oxycontin warn patients of this possible problem?

If i had known this would cause me to lose most of my teeth i would have never agreed to go on it. Of course my family doctor who has been prescribing them tells me she hasn't heard of any other cases, yet when i researched the med online there where others like this why hasn't something been put in the warnings about this med, i sure would have preferred to have lived in pain the rest of my life rather than lose my teeth and be unable to even eat now. My health has gone downhill fast as i cant even chew foods necessary for good health. All I can eat now are yogurts, and liquid type of foods which isn't much. My kids are 7 and 9 yrs old and they watch me cry when we go out to eat and they order steak, and i can smell it but can't order one as i know i wont be able to chew it. This is so devastating for me. I want teeth so badly if i could wish for anything in life besides not to be poor anymore it would be to have a full set of real teeth or implants but i could never dream of having them, and i don't know anyone out there willing to just help me get any either. I have always helped others all my life, but cant even help myself, i have had to have 29 surgeries now since 1991 when a drunk driver hit my car and caused me major injuries with my lower back and knees, i have had a full lower back fusion and 8 arthroscopic knee surgeries until a year ago they finally had to do a full right knee replacement and now they are talking about doing my left knee soon.

So my life has been up and down with surgeries and i would go thru one more surgery just to have teeth implanted if i could. but i could never afford it, but i would like to know why these drug manufacturers are making a medication that could cause teeth to rot like this without warning us patients or even warning the doctors about it. This is just terrible of them i think, as now i am the one paying for this by having no teeth to eat with at such a young age now. I am a vibrant young 41 yr old at 5'3, 120lbs, slim woman, nice looking too as i was a model in my younger days, so i keep my looks up. But to have no teeth now... I never smile anymore, I am to ashamed to smile even though it wasn't my fault i lost my teeth. I think they should pay for me to have new teeth but no one wants to admit that the med causes it, but my diet wasn't the problem back when i started the medication and i wasn't drinking coca-cola either or doing street drugs so i know that wasn't the cause either. The only thing that changed within one year to cause this was starting the oxycontin medication. Well, if anyone out there can help me let me know thanks.

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I just want to thank those of you that gave me such a warm welcome with such great comments! I haven't been on here for a short time and to see its gone so far is amazing! God bless you all and give you many pain free days and thanks Christine for having a idea but not getting the support you needed to grow this I remember how much that hurt you and for that I am truly sorry!! But what it has become I feel started with You! I wanted to help you but it took everything many days just to get out of bed and I know we all been there. I hope I am able to thank everyone on Wednesday! Till then you r all in my prayers especially the one that stood up and let me know we shouldn't have to watch life threw a window ! I hope to meet you in person someday and buy us the 2 best big juicy steaks that I can find! Mail delivered!

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Morning Norman and all a little after 4 a.m. here spending day at SSA wondering if I should just drive and go over to Louisiana after what these i****s have done.

Christine it's every Wednesday.

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Yes, I totally understand all of that and, believe me, most all of us have tried to find an attorney or firm who would take the case on a contingency basis work no luck so far. Perhaps your efforts could work better than ours have to this point and I can virtually assure you that if were able to find anyone who would take the case we'd all be with you!

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Everyone,

I am a professional nurse and published researcher PLEASE do as I suggested. If you still are under insurance coverage have your PM specialist document this and also if they are running cortisol levels for uncontrolled pain which I am sure most aren't it seems after you've seen the best in the U.S. he is the only one doing this but this documentation will state you have this from opioid use and the necessity for the use of opioids that without which (in my case) you'd die from intractable pain, or you have suicidal pain level hence opioids.

Then get your dental estimate and go to your insurer and demand the coverage you still have. Legal suits are based on you doing what you should FIRST not just suing.

Ok enough from me peace out.

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Has anyone had any short term memory lose? I am really having a problem with that but remembering my childhood and on till things within a 2 month period it seems there r a lot of blank areas that my family is making me aware of ! It's freaking me out ! Also involuntary muscle movement! ! I have 8 ruptured, herniated. Bulging or damaged disc . I have gotten use to numbness in arms and legs and a lot of other things that hurt or burn and all over pain but these 2 things are new that are just starting and don't know if anyone else is feeling this ? A lot of things you get use to and get tired of repeating what's wrong . It is amazing what we all have to get use too ! I am so sorry to hear Ali about your 12 year old going threw the pain and suffering that she has and still is going threw from someone's heartless and ignorant and hateful act of violence ! I will have her in my prayers along with everyone here on this site ! Mail delivered with prayers for a young 14 year old girl God Bless you ! Mailman

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Ali and Mailman I am so sorry for your suffering.

I spend 3 hours in SSA today guys and pushed for EXR which with my history should work even in this dirty local office. The supervisor literally HOPED I was there because one of her lackeys literally filled out an ALJ request on 9/4/2015 when there was no recon denial letter (then I got one on the 28th after they cut my September and October checks). I am a miracle story I was disabled quite young and re-abled becoming a 4 year professional nurse and a published scholarly psychiatric researcher. I was working for my alma mater one of the top teaching hospitals in America and had a catastrophic injury the purpose of me being there was tuition paid for my executive MSHA which only 20 a year were accepted half were physicians.

So I got off disability and when I disabled very young there was no ticket to work or half of the regulations. If you review my file some nitwit twit just applied new regulations and work attempts if you will as if I knew or had notification which of course is not the case. I mentioned today "if you are unaware of such changes then SSA does allow in such cases exception." I also talked to 3 SSA attorneys one in Louisiana across the road I'm stuck on Bo F*** sorry East Texas and also had lived there for 10 years back and forth; this ex of mine loved me still does but I did not marry him. I stuck with my last 3 husbands in Texas where I knew I could divorce (self) within 2 months and after an abusive first marriage and 5 beautiful children (one died in a MVA three years ago and my heart breaks forever but it is so since we are airing laundry here)...

This wench at SSA then was hoping today I'd say well you need to continue my checks and you never gave me 30 days notice before pocketing oh the separate issue (LOL) is the OVERPAYMENT for $65,000. My WC is 100% medical for life for over 20 years they have NOT yes NOT paid mileage so when I went to my deceased doc for 10 years i Houston and I lived in West Texas or over in Louisiana I'd fly in (out of pocket) and then 5 years to California. Today they saw several Duragesic boxes actually with the famous docs name and addresses (the old 100's and 75's which normally I was on 80 and 80 a month for LA liquid sln oxycodone, Ritalin, Xanax, B12 injectable, Premarin and other hormones for Mr. Famous believes HORMONES are going to cure pain well bring it), and in 5 years 21 visits you figure the math. In August I WON THAT ONE and now writing a legal brief for appeal; the Attorney General who I always win against did the appeal just because the Judge demanded a panel within 30 days and she figured part of the mileage--I asked for full review for she had not looked at actual visits (which I obtained) and am asking lowest round trip air and rental car for the California trips which to me was $600 per trip).

Now I have made my last cut back that I am living through in May which is 33% and I can't go lower without death or taking my life so I die in dignity.

I do not want to give up but how many battles does one smart b**** fight and not give in?

The physicians are COWARDS and I have no respect for a one of them right now. The FDA mandate is NOT law or regulation it's a strong suggestion due to ADDICTS who obtained our pain medications and died of OD's. There is not even 1% of legitimate pain patients who died of OD's. Further those like me who had the compound issue of California (and Jerry Brown once AG now governor who shuts down pharmacies and sued manufacturer's of diabetic and BP medications not to mention opioids) passing new regulations so out of state patients were released (30 of us) from the famous Dr. T. and when a regular pain specialist sees records of someone like me they want to run away chicken s*** and crying.

Well until the physicians who care for us stand up together as we do and do the next right thing we will die one by one or in mass. If all that is left are mild to moderate painers then next the medications we use for LA will go first--off the market there are forced shortages now due to Odumma which did what he wanted INCREASED retail prices to the point of insanity making it harder for you to obtain these medications and for some of us again to die from withdrawal induced MI's, CVA's and renal failure.

When I made my last cut I went into CRF which I have not suffered when Dr. Famous got me stable post P450 diagnostics so he got a DNA blue print of what works for my body and my category. I am so bad I have dual DNA markers (not solo double) that are dysfunctional "ultra rapid opioid metabolizer."

I am after almost 8 months down to the last medications and do not want CRF or blood in the u/a or these local rural hospitals who do not even examine you they just type in a note and discharge you. Remember Odumma has it now so if you have chronic pain an ER will not treat you as you will be told "see your GP for a new PM doctor." You will be billed over $10,000 for no treatment, maybe a u/a, and a CBC or Chem 7 (panel of bloodwork), I did not let them do a CT for if I have stones it will show on a KUB so I told them do that. I had not been in an ER in 7 years but when I took comp to the court house the dingbat who is not a nurse but signs checks said "Only ER" well like I said guys I won this in August and the employer is still hedging. They object to Dr. Famous talking about dental erosion and dental bills for clean up but they cannot so that is why I stick to it.

Now that baby should be getting SSD as well if you have to go to another SSA office in another town or if on state lines cross the border. You cannot get an official appointment but do what I do you can walk in sign in on PC and hit other. Make sure you have your SS card and a photo ID and refile the claim.

If I were stronger I'd help you when I did my 10,000 referrals they included countries like India who ban opioids. My best case was a mother of 4 young kids who had an evaluation with dye involved leading to horrible arachnoiditis. She was waiting for the time to commit suicide. In India you are lucky if they hit you with ANTIPSYCHOTICS for pain for you will be a raving psycho when not treated for pain. Her husband had found my information, I got her history in detail, I reviewed her medical tests, and was able (and they had MONEY mind you so they were lucky) to get her set up in England for pain management. Husband had to get a townhouse out there which he did immediately; he was a business man and flew out directly and set this up, and I got her in and morphine changed her life. For most with that disorder morphine might not touch the pain but imagine having nothing more than aspirin she was hunched up in a wheelchair before we got her help in England and they restrained her arms and feet in order she not kill her self. She also at the time had a 3 month old new baby who she could not feed or hold she (due to pain) had lost life and no longer wanted to live. Last I heard she was up and about and smiling. Her kids and husband have a mother and wife again.

Why did I do all this support for all those years? Well they did not run diagnostics for P450 and I lived with suicidal pain had the top doctor but I was still in pain regardless of medication. It progressed so badly my cortisol levels caused constant fight or flight response and this over years progressed to the brain and Central Pain Syndrome. I will carry that one to the grave no cure only pain management.

I said to Dr. Famous "why do the damn evaluation if the DEA and now FDA do not give a rats ass or a flying F?" He shook his head and I realized he just cared about his statistics. He evaluated 300 of us rare ones and all of us had a dysfunction only 2 had my category which is 100% eastern or western european women (white).

Enough said people I love you all. Say a prayer. I cannot see a doctor in Louisiana that I liked the sounds of without ID in LA. I can get a state ID but when if I am sitting in SSA, writing legal briefs to protect my medical award and trying to line up a physician to replace Dr. Famous.

F this I say (sigh)..

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Mailman,

If you have brain inflammation because pain truly has not been relieved by opioids yes this can occur; it can also occur as side effects of the medications. It is important to do things to encourage brain function.

Reading, talking or conversations, crossword puzzles, card games, shopping, games on the PC, etc.

You literally need to exercise the brain. Also proteins are needed, we in pain burn them up.

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Riley,

Good for you. Tell us more about how you arranged the implants. I think it will help others.

Thanks,
P450

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You can create a 'fund me' account and have friends and family donate. Anyone can do it.

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They do major damage. I was on Roxys for a year and two of my teeth cracked. I had perfect teeth before.

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Pls let me know if you file one. I've lost almost all my teeth as well. I'm still taking Oxycontin for my pain

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Yes I took oxycontin 80mg 4x a day for many years and my teeth did the EXACT same thing, rotted from the inside out. They just crumbled apart as if made of clay instead of bone and, I had perfect teeth ALL my life.I'm now 40 and have no teeth just very painful black stumps where teeth USED to be. It has made me SO UGLY I haven't left my house in 4 years cuz I'm too ashamed of my UGLY face and my disgusting mouth. The physical and emotional pain has made me suicidal. I'm on ssi disability which provides me with Medicaid and a very small monthly check. Medicaid doesn't cover dental and my tiny check I get each month is nowhere NEAR enough to cover MAJOR oral surgery and full dentures.
So it looks like my "face" (or what USED to be a face) is going to be made grotesque by my disgusting mouth till I finally die because I have no recourse.
I have self isolated for so long I have developed extreme social anxiety so, I'll be camped out alone in my room till I finally die too.

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Same here it's so depressing. I'm going thru hell getting implants.

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Hi yes oxycontin rotted all my teeth it reduces the saliva in mouth so theeth rot but now have false teeth no on going dentist bills lol it's not good happened in 2yrs wow xxx

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Yknow I've been on all the pain meds too but my teeth starting breaking off and rotting from the inside down to the bone! My mom passed away in 2010 and I still had most of my teeth except ones I had removed on bottom back mostly cause they hurt too much to keep! But I've just realized the drug I've been on alot of since her death has been Lyrica and was on high doses of ms contin last year of 2014 to -15 but I'm thinking the Lyrica and ms contin have caused this terrible problem with my teeth! I MEAN I was on methadone in the 90's and some in early 2000's and still had my teeth but now they have gone to the bone and just broken off and I can see the bone loss and my gums bleed and its horrible! But i always had good teeth, hygiene and parents got me braces and regular dental visits always so why is this happening now just turning 50 in December? I see other women my age with fine teeth so its definitely these meds and not the hygeine and its too bad some people think that! And i love the post about what if Obama had a kidney stone to pass and they told him they were out of morphine or pain meds except some aspirin, and how would he feel! That was good! But anyway i think lyrica definitely should be added to the list of things that cause tooth problems! Peace to all and hopefully soon we can get our teeth fixed everyone before we r too old it won't matter but I shouldn't say that cause we deserve it at any age but would be nice to have teeth again before my pain makes me incapable of even going to do it! Which it is like that already pretty much cause I go nowhere now except to the doctor, pharmacy and food store unless I can get someone to stop for me cause I have developed social anxiety too and dont like to go out and see people, mostly cause of my teeth, anymore! Mostly i stay in my room even though we have whole house which will be sold soon but I can TOTALLY RELATE TO EVERYONE! Thanks for posting EVERYONE! Love Valerie xoxox {edited for privacy}

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Donated Dental a program for disabled people did hundreds of dollars of dental work for me. They get dentists in your area to provide free dental care. Call a aging and disability resource center in your area and ask them to locate the number for you. They do everything from cleaning teeth to getting you dentures if they know of the severity of the issue.

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I commented about this once before regarding Methadone and tooth loss and was told it was all in my head. Dentists said it was neglect. I also had beautiful teeth. Now in my 60s I had my mouth redone a few times over, almost all implants.

I can give you a guess but either big pharm isn't being honest (surprise) or no one cared enough to do a study. I was only on Methadone about 10 years but that was in my early 20s, I would wake up and teeth would have split in two, they got weak and never had more cavaities in my life. When I would ask a dentist what happened the same answer neglect and or trauma. What is trauma to the teeth? I think that meds in general make your mouth dry and that might lead to decay it certainly doesn't help.

See if there is a dental school in your area they do the work for about 1/3 of the cost. Is it time consuming yes, but its a solution. In my opinion I would say yes that opioid pain med leads to either bone or some kind of calcium loss. Has it been substantiated? no, but who cares it happened to us right?

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I feel you Angie I'm going through the same thing as far as needing my dental work done.I miss eating alot of foods and don't feel confident doing any dating right now lol with my mouth in this condition.

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I too have been on pain meds the last 15 yrs. Starting with Vicodin to oxycontin and oxycodone now. My teeth have slowly broken and rotted away. I also went through chemo for stage 3 lymphomo and thought that might be the cause but I'm wondering which if not both did the damage. Hope something's done about this. Take care everyone!

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Hello Valerie, and a BIG HELLO AND HUG TO MAILMAN! I know it's been awhile but in addition to the problem we all share, I found an odd, hard lump just to the right of my lower right jaw that neither my PVP, EN&T specialist, nor the oral surgeon who I was referred to (my ENT called the oral surgeon PERSONALLY to get me in the very next day!) could figure out what it was. After getting a CT scan, I went in to have it removed and, once it was, the doctor said it was the weirdest thing he'd ever seen (not very encouraging) and sent it out for biopsy. I don't think I have to tell y'all that I'm quite concerned and worried about the potential that it could be cancerous but I'm trying to stay positive that it's not. I go back to see him on the 19th and the way I'm thinking, if I don't hear from him beforehand ("I need you to come see me in the office as soon as possible," or, "I'd like you to make an appointment with doctor so and so.... an oncologist, of course..... right away") the better off I'll be so at this point, and even though I am scared, I'm thinking no news is good news. Needless to say, this hasn't done anything for my already poor, depressed state of mind either. Now I rarely leave my room, much less my house, unless I have to go to the grocery store for my Mom (who's also having medical issues that I have to watch and take care of her for), the pain doctor, or the pharmacy. I'll go weeks between showers and will go almost as long before I'll even wash my hair until my Mom gets on my case so much that I'll finally relent and wash it in the sink. I'm literally a shadow of the active and involved person I used to be and I've pretty much given up all hope of my situation ever getting better. I did, however, look into that dental donation organization to find out if they would help me (I met all of their criteria) only to find out that every county in my state was CLOSED! So, what the heck and why bother anymore? Well enough of my self loathing and belly aching...... best wishes and much love to all of you, my toothless comrades in pain. Christine

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