FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MERCURY AMALGAM FILLINGS

MDR report key: 1685979 · Received May 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
MW5015885
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 7, 2010
Date of Event
November 12, 1998
Report Date
May 7, 2010
Product Code
EJJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING THIS PERIOD, I WAS OBVIOUSLY, SENILE. I HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY REMEMBERING WORDS, SO I COULD NOT CARRY ON A CONVERSATION. I COULD NOT REMEMBER MY PHONE NUMBER. MY HANDS AND LEGS SHOOK OBVIOUSLY. THEREFORE, MY WRITING WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ. I SUSPECTED THAT THE MERCURY IN THE CHEAP AMALGAM FILLINGS, IN MY TEETH SINCE CHILDHOOD, WAS DOING PERMANENT DAMAGE TO MY NERVES AND/OR BRAIN. I WENT TO A DENTIST TO HAVE SOME OF THE AMALGAM FILLINGS REMOVED AND REPLACED. I DID NOT DISCUSS THIS WITH MY WIFE. AFTER THE VISIT TO THE DENTIST'S OFFICE, I RETURNED HOME. MY WIFE WAS SHOCKED AT THE WAY I ACTED. MY MEMORY WAS GONE. I COULD NOT SPEAK. WE REALIZED THAT REMOVING THE FILLING WITHOUT PROTECTING ME FROM MERCURY VAPORS HAD DONE TERRIBLE DAMAGE. I RECOVERED GRADUALLY. HOWEVER, MY PERFORMANCE AT WORK WAS SO BAD I LOST MY JOB. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, MY KIDNEYS HAVE FAILED AND I AM RECEIVING DIALYSIS TREATMENTS SEVERAL TIMES/WEEK. DAMAGE DUE TO THOSE MERCURY FILLINGS IS STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM IN MY KIDNEYS, EVEN THOUGH THE FILLINGS THEMSELVES ARE LONG GONE. DO YOU WONDER THAT I HAVE NO DESIRE TO EVER HAVE WORK DONE ON ME AGAIN BY A DENTIST? MY TRUST IN THAT PROFESSION IS GONE!

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MERCURY AMALGAM FILLINGS NONE EJJ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Required Intervention| S