Oxycontin Damaged My Teeth (Page 2)

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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Angela I can see you are a very honest person who got hit with very horrible horrible luck..its not fair what happened to you and that nobody is trying to help you. I will pray for you I swear. Hopefully our new president will do something to help people like yourself who nobody else will help. I thought I was screwed by not having health insurance but now I see my problems are very little compared to yours. I will pray for you I swear.

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Angela, You dont have to explain anything to anyone. I decided no to even read the posters after a few that I did read. Angela, teh Oxys didnt rot your teeth, it is the dry mouth from the Oxys Oxys, or any opiate will give you fgdry mouth. In fact there are other drugs that have nothing to do with opoates that will do the same thing to your mouth. Just ignore the losers here, and try an think about the people who want to help. I am in the same boat as you are, I am a very vain woman, and a few years ago my teeth started falling out. I am devistated to say the least. My life as I knew it is gone, I dont go anywhere or do anyting, My husband even does the grocery shopping for me. I had spent over 20 thousand dollars on this dentist and now I have 10 teeth left. I finally found a new dentist that is going to give me a full set of dentures, and I am slowly saving money to gert it down. I swear that I was close to ending my life.Then one day my husband and I founf out that we have 250 stocks. We had enough money in the stocks to get all of my teeth fixed, but then the stock market took a dump, Well, we got some of it back. It will be a long road, but it will be done by the end of February, I hope.. Hang in there Angela, and dont pay any mind to the sick losers who are trying to make you feel bad. They are the ones who need help..Karma to them,,,Just dont give up, ok?? Remember, they are problably looing at themselves in the mirror..

PHN

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thanks so much for being so understanding, i wish i had the funds to get dentures but i cant afford them, i want to get implants would be so nice if there was a dentist out there somewhere in this world that would maybe need some extra training on i would let him use me to train on if i could get the full implants for free you know, as i have been told that many dentist out there that are donig training for implants always need like volunteers to work on , i will volunteer if someone out there can donate their time and products to me, as being a single mom its hard not to mention my youngest son is disabled as he has autism, and OCD and my 9yr old son has learning problems, and my 20yr old son has seizures, and ADHD, and speed problems, now i am disabled as i have already had 29 surgeries, all because of the drunk driver hitting my car in 1991, i have survived being physically tortured as a child i was so badly abused that i am writing an autobiography about my life although its taking me a long time to write it, dont know if i will ever be able to publish it though due to cost, but one day i hope to let others know how a person like myself can go thru all these hills and hard times and still survive them, i am a very loving, and kind person, for those out there that want to say bad things look at my : myspace page and you will see what a nice looking woman i am, i just need some teeth so i can smile again, i dont smile i dont laugh i hide my mouth when i talk and i dont go out to eat due to pain when i try to eat, and its embarrassing not being able to smile or eat in public. i pray everyday that a dentist or dentist office will hear my story and want to donate their services to me, i have done everything all my life to help others now i hope someone out there will just give me that small help i need, all i want is a smile thats all i ask for you know this wasnt my fault at all. and i know it wasnt.

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oh forgot to put my myspace page in.
www.myspace.com/­petofpenthouse86

oh yes i as a model at one time, back in my younger days all my friends say i am still very beautiful if i could just get some teeth i could probably get off disability and go back into doing some modeling and help support my kids again you know.

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I have to say that most of the answers that Angela got were mean or illegal, and some of them have the facts all wrong. Angela ,I am going to post on your my space site, and give you some forums that have people who care, people who wont tell you to sell your pills, people who dont give false information, ie, tooth loss from any opiate is due to dry mouth, not to missing minerals and vitamins..Also dont listen to people who tell you to stop feeling sorry for yourself. I thought this would be an informative site, it is just like the old vicodin forum, and that is dangerous.. I hope the moderators will take some of these answers down...Angela, If I cant give you the sites tonight, I will for surwe tomorrow

PHN

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thanks so much for caring i am so glad someone out there truly understands , thanks, and i dont feel sorry for myself at all i have been a strong woman all my life i survived being tortured and abused by my adoptive mother for years, and then to go thru this as an adult its difficult but i dont feel sorry for myself at all, so i am so glad you see that and know that, thanks so much for understanding, i would hug you if i could i am so glad to hear from you on here from someone understanding thanks.

angela

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I would advise you get off Oxycotin ASAP! A dear friend of mine grandmother, is addicted and she does not even need that drug. Please I speak for the sake of your teeth and your life.

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i will never be able to get off of it, i have chronic pain they had me on vicodin but its very bad for the liver and kidneys it started to shut them down so they had to put me on a morphine based med for the chronic pain, i have massive pain daily i have had 29 surgeries on my back and knees, so i have lots of pain they sent to a pain doctor actually many of them as insurance didnt want to continue paying for my meds, but all the doctors i have been to all say i will be on it the rest of my life due to the major nerve damage i suffered after my last back surgery as they removed 4 disk in my lower back and it messed up my nerves and the total right knee surgery i had was a success except they pinched a nerve in the joint and it hurts like crazy all the time, so i have to take them sorry. i wish to god i could quit if they could cure my pain i would get off totally. but there is no cure for pain yet in this world.

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TO Angelia C- Do not listen to these people telling you to sell your meds it is illegal & prison would not be an option in any way.In several states you can do a search for Dental schools that can do the same as a Dentist-some times they will go by your income you may only have to make small payments or none at all-tell them your story,you will be surprised there may be some good angencies to help you. God bless you & you will sure be in my prayers.Have a happy New Year!

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Jipster- This young woman is in a lot of pain as you can tell by reading her comment for help. I am sure you are responding in good faith but there are several people that have to take these meds for severe chronic pain. You are speaking due to your friends abuse you even said that the person didn't need to take it. This does not apply to Angela at all. People need to think before they drink & drive Angela's story is a witness to how bad you can mess up an innocent persons life.I chose not to drink at all-maybe that might be a good new Years resolution to those who go out drink & get behind the wheel. If your going to drink stay at home or call a cab & in some areas call sober ride. I am a member of Madd & some stories people have told & the heartache left by a drunk driver is horrible.Think of others & maybe this world would be a better place !

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I was prescribed oxy in high dosage for pain. Teeth started crumbling. I have PhD in psych and work in a medicine department. I had no clue of this risk, was not informed, nor does my doctor know, and we are close friends. Repair cost is 30K and HMO refuse to even examine me and excludes dental damage due to their care except for cost sharing which I am running down. Looking for the research sources of damage and legal help. contact me at [email protected]. Also, dry mouth issue with other Rx and being NPO so bad lips were nacrotic. The HMO is my former employer and I am now disabled. Also if anyone knows if Dental schools will do work on compassionate plea (I know they reduce fee but I live on 2K from SSI. Any help, comments welcome.

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I had the same proble and i can tell you that I webt to Pedro Negro On the border of texas and Mexico and had 27 crowns and bridges done for $2700.00 it would have cost me $27,000.00 to have it done here in the states. My teath now look beautiful and very white and should last a very long time fore 1/10 the cost of having done here in the states and the dentist did a very good job and I now love to smile instead of trying to hide my smile.

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Just FYI- 1) I have been on medications with significant anti-cholinergic side effects my entire adult life. Never any dental effcts from dryness until oxy. 2) Re: Dana 70mg bid is low dose, and reasonable. 3. RE: oxy Causing pain - yes in a sense. You brain and pain center can get in a false pain loop, basically erroneously communicating how much pain you are in. I fell less pain now on 25 mg a day then I did on 800 per day. RE: Selling drugs - some of us prefer not to sell misery to others to solve our own problems. I am looking for LEGAL, Ethical options to fix damage. And don't be ashamed about legit uses of oxy. It does work. MDs hate dealing with pain and are generally not very knowledgable about its treatment. Best wishes to all of you . I begged MDs for help cutting dosage for a year to no avail. You won't die from detox, but will wish you did at times. Under MD supervision, you might want to reduce by 5-10% every week for more comfortable reduction and to see how much you minimum required dose is

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Ewilfong..If you live in a large city, just call all of the colleges that train dentists. I wish I could go that route. but I live in a small town, and would have to travel too far to even try to find a school to help.. But go for it, what harm can it do?? Good luck and keep us posted

PHN

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they are way to far away from me and being low income i cant afford the gas to travel to the only dental school i have heard of which is way up in northern michigan thats nearly 6 hours or more away from me, and being a single mom i cant travel away from my kids anyways, i just wish there was a local dentist in the area willing to let me make payments on some implants but none of them will they all want me to apply for their credit plans and i cant get approved for them as my credit got ruined a few years ago when someone stole my identity and now i have to pay a credit attorney to fix it every month for me but its going to take a while to get up to a good credit score again. but all i want is the chance to get some implants so i can eat again and smile again, as i never smile as it is and i dont date anymore.

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david where did you go for your teeth and did you have some implants too as thats what i need done though as the few bottom front teeth i do have left need to come out too but i have left them in only so i had a few to chew with. go to my myspace page and email me from there ok.

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PHN: yes, good idea. I can travel to UCSF, yet my undertanding main expense is lab, which may not get same discount as Dental school. I do encourage anyone who can to do that. It does save 30-40%, depending on service and evaluation is dirt cheap ($20 at UCSF)

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Yes I had some implants also. Every tooth in my mouth needed some sort of repair. Implants also cost about 1/10 the cost of getting it done here. The dentists live on the US side but practice on the Mexico border their malpractice insurance is almost nothing compared to practicing in the US. So a dentist making $2700 a day with hardly any malpractice insurance is a very hefty salary and beautiful housing costs on the US side they can live like kings just about 3 blocks walk if you park on the US side

David

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Anjela,
I will have to get back to you about where i got it don it was a while back. But Pedro Negra is known for americans getting dental work done over there as soon as you wal 2 blocks to cross the border there sre dentist offices all aver the place about 10-15 in a 2 square block areabut i aill locat teh one I went to and post it here for you.

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Angela where is you MySpace page there is 350000 of them with
Angela Castellani on them when you do a search

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