Gotten a nasty brown stain on teeth since starting Biaxin and Ceftin...anyone heard of this?
Posted by TF (Member # 14183) on :
Yes, it happens with quite a few antibiotics used to treat lyme.
It comes off with professional cleaning. It is not permanent. But, I understand that you hate it!
Posted by richedie (Member # 14689) on :
Yep! Comes off with cleaning. I picked up a quitical thing in the pharmacy and scrape my teeth with this. My dentist said it was OK.
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
same issue for me with Doxy in the past, and one of the several drugs I'm on right now.
I wonder if it's candida-related somehow.
Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :
It happened to me too when I was on biaxin and ceftin. It's back again now that I'm on doxy.
It does come off when you get your teeth professionally cleaned. So, ditto what everyone else said...
Posted by peacemama (Member # 17666) on :
I took DocDave's (DDS) advice and bought one of those sonic toothbrushes for myself and my son.
It is virtually gone now.
Posted by Toppers (Member # 20083) on :
thanks all !
Posted by timaca (Member # 6911) on :
I used Listerene Pre Brush Whitening Rinse. It worked great on my teeth to get rid of the black stains from doxy.
Best, Timaca
Posted by Lymeorsomething (Member # 16359) on :
Yeah, Rifampin will likely do it as well...
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
To much sugars in your diet use acidophilis. Yeast is taking off! Epecially with smurf pill ceftin I had that happen drank one regular soda by mistake on vacation while on ceftin.
Posted by Stacyb (Member # 13084) on :
I do not know if it is from yeast or not as my son got the brown stains from Amoxcy and he ate a low sugar diet.
A good cleaning can get it off but it sure is unsightly.
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
It's because of a change in flora in your mouth. I had it bad. My teeth were black and my dentist allowed extra time to scrape it all off. It went away when I got off abx.
I never had candida issues throughout treatment and ate no sugar when on meds. The PA at the LLMD told me it was the flora changes in the mouth.
Posted by greenbow (Member # 21463) on :
me too with doxy..the docs and dentist said it couldn't happen but, it did with me too..glad to know i wasn't CRAZY
Posted by peter j (Member # 11825) on :
quote:Originally posted by richedie: Yep! Comes off with cleaning. I picked up a quitical thing in the pharmacy and scrape my teeth with this. My dentist said it was OK.
what's quitical?
Posted by liesandmorelies (Member # 15323) on :
Yep, had that when on Amox and Zith.
Came off with good cleaning. The stains were only on the inside of the teeth right down at the gumline. Yuck!!!!
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
Yes I had it too exactly how liesandmorelies describes. Interestingly enough after the dentist scraped it off I started getting Vit C IV's and the stains never reappeared.
Perhaps oral Vit C would be enough to prevent staining
Posted by blaze (Member # 16838) on :
Could this staining be Morgellons-related? My stains are black and look like black shavings whenever I try to scrape them off.
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
I rinse my mouth with peroxide once a week and so far no staining.
Posted by LightAtTheEnd (Member # 24065) on :
I just noticed that I am starting to get this, after 5 months on doxy and the last 2 also on biaxin. Good to know it isn't permanent and to have some things to try to get rid of it.
Posted by Kastroo (Member # 22825) on :
Its a typical side effect of abx especially doxy, its even written on the box of the med plus change in saliva flora...nothing to do with yeast, morgellons, parasites etc.
As other said goes away after profesional cleaning.
Posted by littlebit27 (Member # 24477) on :
Oh so that is where those brown stains came from? I was looking at the inside of my lower teeth the other day going ewww I have really bad teeth, that's gross. I feel better now.
Posted by azdaisy (Member # 25357) on :
My stains are chronic and worse....it's pitting my teeth. when it is removed there are pits in my tooth enamel!! YIKES I get my teeth deep cleansed every 12 weeks to keep it at bay!! it's crazy and I've been off ABX for some time....I thought it might by the lithium orotate..but since so many of you have it too...I don't know anymore! I LOVE this website. it helps me so much. to know i"m not alone is so awesome.
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