I have been taking Lyrica for about 6 months or so now due to cervical dystonia (constant muscle spasms and tightness of the muscles) on the right side of my upper body, neck and shoulder. It has helped with the pain to the point that I am able to get up and funtion during the day and get my errands run although I'm not pain free.
Recently I started feeling a lot of pain in a tooth that was broken. I made a visit to the dentist only to find out I needed a root canal and crown on the tooth that was hurting, and was also told I needed crowns on 3 other teeth. I have never had a root canal or a crown. I didn't yet connect it to the Lyrica. After getting the root canal and crown 2 months ago I am still having some pain around the gum. The endodontist said he is baffled. He said if the root canal failed the tooth would be hurting, and there's no infection that we can tell.
A few days later, I started to chew on a couple of Pringles, and suddenly felt very hard peices of something in my mouth. Low and behold, it was a top back tooth that had just crumbled and broke apart in chunks for no apparent reason and without warning. Not only was I devastated, but then I started wondering what in the world was going! It reminded me of stories I've heard in the past about meth addicts. The way there teeth can just suddenly fall out of their mouth. I knew I wasn't doing any illegal drugs to cause something like that so that made me think about my prescription medicines I am taking. The only new prescription I'm taking is Lyrica. Even though I didn't really think I would find a connection with tooth decay and Lyrica I was curious so I looked it up on the internet. To my surprise I found post after post after post of people who not long after taking Lyrica started having major dental problems. Some people had never even had a cavity before until they started taking this medicine and suddenly ended up with their teeth just breaking apart and falling out of their mouth, just as I described. I'm not talking about 1 or 2 or even 3 teeth. I'm talking about them loosing all of their teeth, or 8 to 13 teeth. They had to have teeth pulled, have many root canals, crowns, and even dentures. These people have spent thousands of dollars trying to have their teeth restored.
They are also complaining of sore and bleeding gums, permanent hair loss, short term memory loss, confussion, permanent damage of their vision, unable to find the words they're looking for, unable to write or type due to not being able to put the right letters together. There were complaints of major tooth decay after only being on Lyrica for time periods as short as 2 months or so. Some of these people had been to their dentist right before they were put on Lyrica and were given a clean bill of health, so to speak. I was terrified after reading all of these posts! I am only on a small dose and it is already starting to ruin my teeth! I know people who are on very high dosages, and started thinking about how they probably had no idea of what this medicine is capable of doing. I called one person that I knew was taking it and asked her if she has had any major teeth problems since she started the Lyrica. She said her mouth was a mess and she has been trying to figure out what was going on for awhile now. She said she was to embarrassed to even go to her dentist for a cleaning because that's how bad it has gotten. She said her teeth are breaking off in peices! Some of the posts commented that they had tried to find an attorney to file a suit against Pfizer, but no one will even take the case. That being said, there are lawsuits going on concerning suicides and suicide attempts due to taking the drug Lyrica. Oh, did I forget to mention the suicidal thoughts connected to Lyrica. This is a very dangerous drug!!! If anyone that reads this is taking or thinking about taking Lyrica please just take a few minutes to google Lyrica and teeth problems or side effects of Lyrica and check out all the blogs and posts about damage that Lyrica has caused. I plan on reducing my dosage and being off of this medicine by this weekend! I will let you know how it goes.
Recently I started feeling a lot of pain in a tooth that was broken. I made a visit to the dentist only to find out I needed a root canal and crown on the tooth that was hurting, and was also told I needed crowns on 3 other teeth. I have never had a root canal or a crown. I didn't yet connect it to the Lyrica. After getting the root canal and crown 2 months ago I am still having some pain around the gum. The endodontist said he is baffled. He said if the root canal failed the tooth would be hurting, and there's no infection that we can tell.
A few days later, I started to chew on a couple of Pringles, and suddenly felt very hard peices of something in my mouth. Low and behold, it was a top back tooth that had just crumbled and broke apart in chunks for no apparent reason and without warning. Not only was I devastated, but then I started wondering what in the world was going! It reminded me of stories I've heard in the past about meth addicts. The way there teeth can just suddenly fall out of their mouth. I knew I wasn't doing any illegal drugs to cause something like that so that made me think about my prescription medicines I am taking. The only new prescription I'm taking is Lyrica. Even though I didn't really think I would find a connection with tooth decay and Lyrica I was curious so I looked it up on the internet. To my surprise I found post after post after post of people who not long after taking Lyrica started having major dental problems. Some people had never even had a cavity before until they started taking this medicine and suddenly ended up with their teeth just breaking apart and falling out of their mouth, just as I described. I'm not talking about 1 or 2 or even 3 teeth. I'm talking about them loosing all of their teeth, or 8 to 13 teeth. They had to have teeth pulled, have many root canals, crowns, and even dentures. These people have spent thousands of dollars trying to have their teeth restored.
They are also complaining of sore and bleeding gums, permanent hair loss, short term memory loss, confussion, permanent damage of their vision, unable to find the words they're looking for, unable to write or type due to not being able to put the right letters together. There were complaints of major tooth decay after only being on Lyrica for time periods as short as 2 months or so. Some of these people had been to their dentist right before they were put on Lyrica and were given a clean bill of health, so to speak. I was terrified after reading all of these posts! I am only on a small dose and it is already starting to ruin my teeth! I know people who are on very high dosages, and started thinking about how they probably had no idea of what this medicine is capable of doing. I called one person that I knew was taking it and asked her if she has had any major teeth problems since she started the Lyrica. She said her mouth was a mess and she has been trying to figure out what was going on for awhile now. She said she was to embarrassed to even go to her dentist for a cleaning because that's how bad it has gotten. She said her teeth are breaking off in peices! Some of the posts commented that they had tried to find an attorney to file a suit against Pfizer, but no one will even take the case. That being said, there are lawsuits going on concerning suicides and suicide attempts due to taking the drug Lyrica. Oh, did I forget to mention the suicidal thoughts connected to Lyrica. This is a very dangerous drug!!! If anyone that reads this is taking or thinking about taking Lyrica please just take a few minutes to google Lyrica and teeth problems or side effects of Lyrica and check out all the blogs and posts about damage that Lyrica has caused. I plan on reducing my dosage and being off of this medicine by this weekend! I will let you know how it goes.
I'm in the same boat. I just did a search to see if there was somehow a connection between my Lyrica and the unreal teeth trouble I'm having and came across this post. I had four emergency oral surgeries last month to remove 4 teeth! And more on their way to the same fate. Two front teeth are flaking off and it's just the most bizarre thing I've ever seen. I've never wanted to sue someone but this merits it! I've been on Lrica for 2 years and now I'm terrified to take anymore...
ReplyDeleteMe also. I can't believe there aren't attorneys taking these cases! Lyrica has caused me severe tooth pain and very bad receding gums. I'm enraged that a doctor would push this crap.
DeleteI'm sorry to hear you're going through that. I was terrified after I found all the posts from other people talking about how Lyrica is destroying their teeth! I have been off of the Lyrica for around 2 weeks now and I'm in severe pain again with my neck and also my lower back. It sucks! I'm seeing the surgeon tomorrow about removing some lipomas that may be causing some of my pain. I hope he can help.
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