Pfizer should pay! I had Tetracycline staining due to ear infections as a child. I've spent thousands on my teeth! I have so much bone loss as well. It's not right!

Born in 1974, my mom was given tetracycline when she was pregnant and as a result, my teeth are horribly stained. Veneers, caps and dentures are crazy expensive. However I just found out about the KORS whiting system for tetracycline damaged teeth. Average price is $700 and takes about 4 weeks. I'm highly considering trying it because of the price. Although I still think PFIZER should be covering the expense.

I was born in 1957 I too was given Tetracycline for a bladder infection as a small child. It has ruined my teeth I'm so self conscious and embarrassed to smile and have been brought to tears at times and feel so miserable. As I was only a child I had no choice in this and I'm sure my mother put her trust in the experts. It will cost a fortune to have my teeth rectified as it is classed as cosmetic! I am surprised no lawyers have noticed this as it has happened to so many people.

Born in 1960, Melbourne Australia, had a terrible time socially with banding and staining from Tetracycline.
Anyone gets a class action going let me know, would love to get my teeth fixed before i die, and any other compensation wouldnt hurt for the decades of torment!

I was given Tetracycline as a young child to combat sore throats, ear infections and even a bladder infection. I was also given Tetracycline as a young adult to combat acne. I am now 54 years old and I have chipped, broken and horribly discolored teeth. This ongoing problem has made it extremely difficult to have a normal social life. I'm afraid to smile and I refuse to have my picture taken. It has destroyed my social life because as soon as I smile people look at me like I am dirty or that I just simply don't care about my teeth and appearance. I care very much! I recently visited my new dentist and was told that it would cost upwards of $5000.00 to just replace my four front top teeth. I have worked very hard my entire adult life but it is financially impossible for me to be able to afford this besides the cost of having all of my other teeth taken care of. This injustice for me and millions like me is ridiculous! Like many other people, I do not want to sue for thousands if not millions of dollars. I just want the opportunity to smile with a healthy mouth. Please do the responsible and ethical thing by providing a fund for people so that we can smile.

WE NEED TO GET A SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE SO THAT WE CAN ALL COMMUNICATE SHARE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER! MAYBE FACEBOOK?

As a child, I was constantly sick in the early 60s with strep throat and earaches. It took several years and the doctor used massive doses of Tetracycline until my tonsils were finally removed. Well, I stopped getting sick, but my teeth had turned kind of a grayish/slightly greenish color. I hated taking pictures for school or at family functions. There were actually pictures of me standing with my hands folded across my chest with me frowning. A few years ago, I met a dentist. He immediately told me he knew my general age, because of the color of my teeth! Thanks, Doc. Most people thought that it was smoking or drinking black coffee.

People are so judgemental in today's society where teeth are so white. One practically has to wear sunglasses to look at others smile. It seems like you have a problem, or are lazy/careless if you don't have radioactively-white teeth. I was told whiteners will not work, that I'd have to get veneers or even go so far as caps. I cannot afford to do that. The only thing that is good about my teeth is that fact that they're straight.

Why hasn't any lawyer picked this up?

After reading these posts veneers are definitely not the way to solve this problem.

The only post I have read, and I have read many, was from someone who got dentures.

Aren't dentures painful and expensive to put in? First ripping out all the teeth!

Please comment on dentures.

Thank you!

I was given tetracycline as a premature baby in 1964. Like others here I suffered from stained and malformed teeth. I have brushed and flossed like crazy just to offset the permanent translucent grey that affects my esteem daily. I have also suffered a lifetime of chronic joint and bone pain which, like my teeth, gets progressively worse with every passing year. Sadly, I have little faith in the drug or law industries to do what's right.

I too was given tetracycline as a small child in 1969 for pneumonia. I have experienced the worst kind of embarrassment and humiliations throughout my entire life. Being made fun of, bullied, laughed at, passed up on job offers, never able to smile. I was always the only one not able to laugh and smile for pictures or celebrations. I feel cheated out of a lifetime of happiness and nothing can replace that, there is no monetary value that could replace the 45 plus years of embarrassment, unhappiness, depression, sadness, crying, hurt, and the money we have spent to no avail. My teeth are horrible, and have begun to literally falling apart in my mouth despite brushing, flossing, dental visits, teeth whitening, etc. Pfizer needs to be held accountable for this medicine that they created and sold to the American public through prescribing doctors!

I was born in 1961. I constantly had ear aches/infections and at one point I had tonsillitis and strep throat at the same time. I was given tetracycline many times and now as a 55-year-old I have terribly discolored teeth. Even my dentist knew what it was at my last appointment. I have tried everything over the years to whiten my teeth and couldn't understand why nothing worked. It's hard to take photos with friends and family because I don't want to show my grey teeth. I think that this company should be held accountable especially since they KNEW what the medication could and would do to children's teeth. 412-335-8878 . They made millions over the years and us, as a group, have spent millions trying to fix the teeth they destroyed!

I'm 47. I was given Tetracycline as a 6-week old baby because they discovered I was allergic to Penicillin. Long story short, my permanent teeth are awful. I've had several dentists tell me that I have the worst tetracycline staining that they have ever seen. I tried verneers, teeth were so dark that they showed through. I've had crowns for the top four, best fix affordable, but the teeth are so weak, eventually they broke off. I've had probably more than 10 root canals due to lack of enamel on my teeth to protect them, brush and floss all you want, it doesn't stop the breaking off of sections of teeth nor does it stop cavities. The only answer is implants and Pfizer should have to pay for them. I've probably spent 200 hours in dentist chairs and the embarrassment as a kid is something I don't talk about, don't want to recall that. Please tell me that there is a valid class-action suit out there!! 918.859.2691- my cell #. Also, for the hecklers out there, I'm educated, employed, and I do pretty well for myself and family. You have no idea the pain and sacrifice and hard-ass busting work I've put in to get here, but the expense of implants is just too high, always another family bill to pay, I've sacrificed for literally thirty years, but now my teeth are to the point that something has to be done if I want to avoid dentures!

Please tell me that there's a suit! Or tell me who I can help and support starting one!!

I could copy and paste 99% of the previous posts, as the lifetime of problems with my teeth are exactly as previously described. Born in 1965, heavy doses of tetracycline before age 2, to treat asthma, permanent teeth damaged, 2 sets of caps/crowns across top front, and just today had another root canal and will be getting another new crown. My dental insurance doesn't even cover 1/2 the cost. Good thing I can make payments to my dentist. However, the payment should be made by Pfizer for a complete reconstruction of ALL of my teeth. I will be consulting an attorney. I'm tired of the pain and suffering my whole life because Pfizer chose to keep the side effects of tetracycline a secret. Shame on Pfizer! Own up to your drug company's mistake.

Myself along with many of my peers grew up with grey or discolored teeth (some more fragile than others) because the US government distributed tetracycline to our low income community. Consequently, anyone treated for an infection of any kind (real or suspected) was prescribed tetracycline from our free government funded clinic from the 60s well into the 70s. Of course doctors knew of the staining affect during the later period of distribution but we should just be grateful for the freebie, right? Apparently we didn't deserve to know of the side affects.

Around 1984, many of the affected (then in our late teens) received veneers, paid for by someone (I was young and didn't ask questions). The procedure, probably in it's early stages, was terrible. Maybe we were just their guinea pigs to perfect their product.

About 6 years later, through a grant or funding again by someone (naive still, didn't question from who) I was called back to have the veneers evaluated. I ultimately got two damaged veneers replaced after suffering through another 2 wk uncomfortable procedure.

Thirty years later my veneers are still attached but have discolored, leaked (which means cavities underneath) and constantly trap food around them which can't be well cleaned (further chances for cavities). They need to be replaced, a procedure I can't afford.


I'm not sure if it would have been better to never have had them put on or not. I definitely agree that the person who developed this drug should be held responsible. Drug companies seem to do whatever they want, as long as they have enough money to share with the right people.

As a very young child with an ear infection, high fever I was given this medication. My parents had no idea that it would destroy my teeth and of course, my self confidence. I am now49, most of my teeth are broken and last estimate was about 20 grand: I have dental insurance but it is considered cosmetic. Any help would be appreciated

I am allergic to most antibiotics. Can only take tetracycline. Just went to pharmacy and was told a 10 day supply
Would be $71.00!! Why the jump for an old antibiotic? Being retired and on SS I cannot afford this, but it's the only one I can take.
Who is making a bundle on this research was done years ago, why the price jump? The bacterial infection may
Kill me. It drug makers don't seem to care. I'm anapheleptic and have to be cautious on my meds. How come
Everyone else can get theirs for free? PFizer do you have the answer?

Dee Ryan

Yellow and grey teeth. Born in 1967. Teeth are also very weak.

I was given tetracycline in 1965 when I was 6 months old to treat bronchitis. My 1st set of teeth came through a greenish grey and my adult teeth a yellow grey. I have suffered with terrible self confidence issues all my life because of this. I was constantly picked on at school about my teeth being rotten and even had some comments as an adult from other 'adults'! I have never been able to smile properly. I recently had some professional photos done with my husband and was disheartened when the photographer asked for 'some teeth' in my smile......how I would have loved to do that! My mum told me that the doctors knew of the side effects of the drug but didnt tell her until it was too late. When I was about 7 or 8 we were told of a new bleaching teatment that was being developed. A few days later my mum found me trying to use household bleach on one of my recently lost baby teeth. Good thing the tooth had fallen out first! A few years ago I had a whitening teatment from the dentist but this can only whiten them a little bit and isnt much use as the tetracycline discolouration isnt a surface stain that can be removed. Also, this treatment is painful and expensive and I couldnt afford to keep paying for this. Pfizer should be made to compensate us for this. All I want is a set of teeth that I can be proud of and a chance to smile properly.

Given tetracycline as a child in approx 1967 resulting in a brown coloured stained set of teeth, I spent my school days often fighting in the junior school after some thoughtless remark. I ended up smiling and laughing behind my hand almost a false smile really, I had nothing to smile about. Reading these reviews brings it all back, the embarrassment, being the butt of jokes and who knows what was said behind my back. I remember once my mam found me emulsioning my teeth white !!. I just wanted to see what white teeth would look like. Thinking back I must have been in a bad place to do that I remember my Mam crying when she caught me doing it.

I have had veneers on the top set for about 30 years now I make the best of a bad set these days but my teeth are brittle and I have had several removed and 2 at the back have just cracked open.

Dean

I am a 54 year old female. I developed asthma at age 2 and had frequent bouts of bronchitis which was treated with Tetracycline. Pfizer already knew while encouraging Dr. to prescribe this medication to children that adult teeth would come in discoloured and with enamel problems. I remember my Dr. Telling me that he felt horrible as I was yet another victim of Pfizer's greediness as they knew at the time ( late 60's send 7o's ) that this drug was DEFORMING children's teeth. A lifetime of embarrassment, anxiety, difficulty in school because of the bullying related to how my teeth looked continue to affect me. I am a nurse and I feel that this was a major disregard and harm caused by a huge pharmaceutical company. I cannot afford to have the dental work I need to fix my teeth which was directly because of Pfizers malpractice. We all deserve justice!

As a child, I got sick quite often (I was the youngest and my sister were always bringing home germs from school).

When 2, I got scarlet fever. I was given tetracycline. Unknown to my mother, because Pfizer, - a company I love to hate- decided not to put warning labels on their antibiotics - yet. This was the early 1970's. Phizer knew at this point. My mother, just wanting the best for me, was given this drug to give me to make me well.

While I am happy it cured from scarlet fever, my teeth are now stained gray and yellow. They are "mottled" too. I was told I have the teeth of a meth addict, I have never touched the drug. I do not appreciate that label being stamped on me because Pfizer loves money soooo much. Thanks a lot Pfizer. Thank you for putting profit first. You knew in the 70's but didn't care.

Now you make it impossible for me to have a healthy, attractive smile. I am afraid now of going to job interviews. I desperately need a job, because among other things I want to fix my teeth. But I can't fix my teeth without money. And I can't make money without a job. Because my teeth look meth teeth, but I don't do drugs. And employers don't want to hire drug addicts, which I am not. But I am treated like one. Thanks again, Pfizer.

I don't deserve this. Neither do the thousands of people who took this antibiotic and have permanently stained teeth. We deserve compensation. Or least given free veneers- yes - free, paid for by Pfizer. We know they can afford it.

Me and my Twin Brother born in 1962 developed Pneumonia at an early age and both of us have embarrassing ugly and weak teeth. We have lived with them way too long and for once would like to smile without shame. I'm sure our Mother wouldn't have let us take the Tetracycline if she had known about it before hand.

I was born in the 50s. I was given tetracycline as a baby for a year PRE permanent teeth. By the time I was 10 I had a mouth full of silver fillings and now My teeth are brittle, cracked, had numerous root canals, caps and are literally falling apart now needing some pulled out leaving a hole. I cannot get implants as I would need grafts. This company should be ashamed that all of us are suffering now from the permanent effects of taking tetracycline as a small baby!! Needless to say I will probably die young as bad horrible teeth you can't afford to fix can lead to heart problems. It's bad. Really bad. Pfizer please don't turn away from this and pretend it doesn't exist. Would you like your child to grow up and endure this?????

I was born in 1968. I was very sickly as a child and given tetracycline for the first few years of my life. As a result have lived my life with an embarrassing smile from the discoloration of my teeth. I see from the complaints of others for the first time, that I am not alone. Unable to afford to fix the problem with costly procedures, I have only been able to dream about the smile I should have had. Embarrassed to let my teeth show, and keeping my head down as well as y voice so as not to call attention to myself, I believe my life would have been completely different if I would have grown up without that insecurity. I know I am aging, but still dream of having a beautiful smile. Now I see that Pfizer is responsible for all of this and they knew about this problem in my early years.

So what is being done about this. I was born in 59 and took tetracycline as a child. I have lived a LIFETIME of embarasment and humiliation as a result of my brown teeth and I demand compensation. I demand a response from Pfizer on what they are doing about this serious issue.