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i'm 40 years old and just had ALL my teeth extracted in one go. The pain is excruciating. Any tips for pain relief? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Kyrgizion@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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EDIT; I can't reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions! Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don't particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit. Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I'd have to visit another doctor for that. I'm well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup :)

Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here's the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 10 months ago

ouch. my brother was lucky and the dentist was able to save some including four he said would help a lot with bridge fit.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Popsicles. It’ll help reduce the swelling and numb the pain.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Weed.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

ineffective for dental pain IMO

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

It was much nicer for me then opioids when I had a bicycle colision, planted my face firmly into the pavement and had to have a number of roots canals and 3 hours of buccal surgery.

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[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Max dose of acetaminophen and max dose of ibuprofen does a good job with oral pain. Usually with that baby extractions the Dr will write a prescription for some opioid or at least toradol for a few days.

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[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 3 points 9 months ago

No opioids, hmm, well, KETAMIN!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Cocaine. Seriously.

[–] tarmac@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

When my wisdom tooth were pulled the only thing that seemed to help was to double up on some otc painkillers and take them together - acetaminophen and ibuprofen together worked the best. Look into it, I’m not a doctor etc etc

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

If you can get your hands on some old viox that would help. It was amazing for tooth pain.

[–] bobagem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

It once worked magically for me to watch television.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

most people dont develop an addiction to opiods when taken as directed by your doctor.

speaking of, go to urgent care or your PCP if they can fit you in for a perception. a dentist is going to be worthless for anything other than the mouth bones.

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[–] deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

oxycodone

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