Hi,
I have been on zometa Herceptin and tamoxifen for 5 years now. I am having trouble with my tooth and my dentist and I are trying everything to avoid invasive treatment. Are there any ladies who have had dental work carried out while on zometa? I don’t usually worry about things too much, but this situation is beginning to stress me; stage 4 cancer is bad enough, but tooth ache for life as well … Please…!!! I would put lol, but it’s not funny!! Lol…Any advice greatly received… Thanks xxxx
Hi Mackers, I’m not on Zometa but did have a root canal done last year after 4.5 years on Ibandronate, another bisphosphonate. I did come off it for 2-3 months beforehand (not on my oncologist’s advice, just to make myself feel better, and also didn’t take it for a month afterwards. Also took some time off it about 3 months after that, because I thought I would need another root canal, but haven’t yet. So not sure if that helps at all…but hope you get something sorted; we don’t need toothache too as you say!