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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 3 points 2 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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[–] tarmac@lemm.ee 3 points 2 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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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you can't get pain meds I'd try Kratom.

Start with a low dose and work your way up. If you take too much you will puke which would be awful in your current condition.

Take the right dose and it will significantly relieve the pain. I slowly took increased doses until they started to make me feel a little woozy or get cold sweats. Then I knew my personal dose is a little less than that.

I can't stress enough though - take less at first and try a little more each time.

Either eat food with it every time or take on an empty stomach every time, but don't go back and forth unless you know your proper personal dose with and without food. It matters a lot with Kratom.

All that said, do it right and it will bring more relief than anything else I've been able to legally acquire. Absolutely do not allow yourself to take it every day once the pain is manageable. Plenty of people do... But don't do that.

Good luck. No matter what - this is only temporary. You will get through it.

[–] dharmacurious 3 points 2 months ago

My mom has chronic pain from disabilities and started taking Kratom a few years back. I tried it first to test things out before she started. We misread the instructions, and steeped about 10x more than we should have in orange juice for several hours.

I have never been so sick. OMG. It was 3 days of pure hell.

But here's the kicker, doing that with any other medication would've killed me. This just made me sick. It's a weird way to begin saying you swear by something, but I swear by the stuff. It is genuinely helpful, and it has an upper limit, so it's risk for abuse is low. Stuff is great.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 2 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 2 months ago

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

[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 3 points 2 months ago

No opioids, hmm, well, KETAMIN!

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Cocaine. Seriously.

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

It once worked magically for me to watch television.

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

oxycodone

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

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

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 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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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

DXM's a decent anaesthetic, may be time for a trip

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

jesus christ

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