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Dilantin (Phenytoin) Bone Loss and tooth loss...
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 16:02I am a 32 year old male, I have been on Dilantin (300 mgs daily) for 16 years. My new neurologist has started decreasing my dosage to get me completely off of it after bone scans showed that I have the hips and bones of a 70 year old woman. My teeth have also mostly broken away and I'm at the point where I have no back teeth to chew with because of the bone losss Dilantin causes. Does anyone know of any lawsuits or anything because I am desperately seeking a way to get my teeth replaced. Dilantin is the cause of this problem and because of my epilepsy I have been disabled and unable to work for quite a while. I have no way of paying for this myself. Any help would be appreciated. If you or anyone you know uses DilantinPhenytoin please consult your physician immediately. If you've experienced similar results from Dilantin, please let me know and If I find out about any helpful info I'll let you know! Thanks & Blessings!
This is an Epilepsy
Submitted by MLS_5e8a9423caa01 on Sun, 2020-04-05 - 22:33
This is an Epilepsy Foundation website. Could they help to get funding from the Makers of Dilantin for people to have their teeth fixed (or implants, etc)? There are probably many other people out there. My Signifcant Other has lost all but 3 teeth being on Dilantin.