Dental health & drugs

[shootingstar]

Even here it's hard to buy any serious cough medicine without getting a funny look.

Shootingstar, i'm surprised that you'd never heard of such drugs since you live in Vancouver after all!!!

Really...ingesting lots of cough medicine would cause similar...teeth problems??

CC, of course drug-free folks hear of crystal meth, etc. I suppose I could ask around and get the real scoop, inclduing a sister who is a hospital pharmacist at a teaching hospital in the heart of downtown Toronto where there are drug addicts that end up in the hospital... She probably could tell me a string of patient cases..

I only know of some drugs that some people have to take for long-term illnesses which can cause side effect of weakening bone teeth strength.

I will be honest...none of my family members have ever had alcohol nor drug problems. Though one of my brothers-in-law had a brother who died in his mid-20's from drug overdose...he was addicted to something. But no one on my side of the family met him.

All of the people that I have coincidentally come to know well and sustain friendships...don't have alcohol nor drug addiction problems. At least not to my knowledge. Somehow I have this feeling by now, I would find out...via various symptoms.

I probably sound as if I've lived a protected life...think again of a low-income class, large immigrant family. Probably an upbringing of tough love, has sustained us well over time.

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Re dental health, I'm intrigued how some people's body chemistry just manifests in different teeth health even if they eat healthily and brush/floss their teeth daily.