Natalie Lacasse was prescribed naproxen, an anti-inflammatory pain relief medication, at the age of 18 after a serious car accident
A woman has issued a warning after being left toothless due to suffering a little-known side-effect of a strong painkiller.
After being involved in a car accident that tore her lower back muscle, doctors prescribed naproxen, telling her to take it for two weeks. Before long, she was vomiting uncontrollably several times a day. A year on, she withdrew into herself, cutting off friends and barely bothering to put on make-up. The Canadian, from Vancouver, began saving up for dentures, spending over £4,000 on her new smile to date.
She added: "Sometimes I forget it isn't normal and I will smile at someone or speak to a cashier without my dentures in, and they either look like they saw a ghost or don't look away from my mouth. At this point, I don't care as much because without my dentures I'm in a lot less pain right now and I don't want to be in pain to make others comfortable just to look in my direction.
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