Do many people have problems with their teeth/gums from heroin use? Or is it anything to do with heroin use at all? In my case i know its mainly down to the bad diet that i developed since becoming a regular heroin user years ago. Bad diet & then craving sweet things especially chocolate, i didn't even like chocolate before heroin & now i wake up craving it first thing in the morning, i also drink liters of Lucozade! Methadone must make me crave sweet things as well, coz i haven't had proper heroin in a long long time! Yet i still crave sugar!
My main problem is receding gums, its really REALLY getting bad! The roots of my teeth are totally exposed & it hurts so SO much! So i have to take a whole load of pain killers (non codeine ones

so i can pass drugs test) every day. It kills me to drink anything cold, i just can't do it, i have to brush my teeth with warm water coz cold water totally kills me, i brush my teeth with a soft tooth brush at least 3 times a day, i use Corsodyl mouthwash but the pain of it is unbearable!!!!

A mixture of the mouthwash its self causing the pain & the coldness of the mouthwash kills me

So now i add warm water to it, but that waters the mouthwash down so it doesn't work as well. There are so many foods & drinks i have to avoid or else take loads of pain killers first.
Does anyone else suffer from receding gums from heroin use? I thought i had a really bad tooth at the back of my mouth, i was sure it needed to be pulled out, but i had a good inspection to-day & its not bad at all, but the gum is completely gone at the back & even the roof of my mouth were the tooth is is receding!!! I'm in agony with it! Can't sleep coz of it & i'm up for work in a few hours!
Is there any good treatment for this that anyone knows of? Can receding gums grow back/repair? Will i have to have tooth pulled even though tooth is not at all bad, i can't stand the pain!!! I'm 40 years old & at this stage i think i'd rather pull every tooth out of my head then go through this constant pain! My teeth often bleed when i brush them. I have talked to my dentist about this three different times, he doesn't care coz i'm on the medical card! He just tells me to use sensidine tooth paste, i do use it, i even rub it onto my gums & leave it on at night when i go to bed as dentist told me to but it doesn't work at all.
Does anyone know of a cure or way to ease pain besides heroin, coz i can't get proper heroin in this kip of a country! Any suggestions? Thanx!
PS. I'm really trying to cut back on length of my posts, i know i waffle on way too much! I'll get there eventually!
