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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?

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 :)

wildbus8979 ,

Weed.

zammy95 ,

If you do this option, don’t smoke, find some edibles. I’m pretty sure smoking right after having teeth pulled is a really bad idea (not 100% sure, but pretty sure)

kambusha ,

Suppositories sounds like the best option here.

disguy_ovahea ,

You are correct. You don’t want to create suction in your mouth for a few days after having a tooth extracted. You’ll end up with something called a dry socket, which is far more excruciating than the initial pain of extraction.

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

Smoking can cause dry-socket which is also incredibly painful. I smoked anyway after my extraction because I’m a filthy addict, rinsing with saline after every puff and got away with it, but it’s a risk yeah

Lupus ,

You better not smoke it with 20+ open wounds in your mouth…

wildbus8979 ,

There are other ways of consuming cannabis.

Poot ,
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Well said. Edibles to the rescue if possible to obtain.

Duke_Nukem_1990 ,

Drinkables would probably work better here tho.

Num10ck ,

good luck chewing toothless

pr06lefs ,

ineffective for dental pain IMO

wildbus8979 ,

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.

pr06lefs ,

For me it just made it hurt weird, it didn’t make it not hurt. Maybe one of those things where not everyone responds the same way.

pigslop ,

I had a similar experience when I got my wisdoms out. Took an edible and when it kicked in the pain felt so much worse. Or at least I felt more aware of it and became fixated on it.

intensely_human ,

That’s what opioids do to me; they just make it hurt weird in a way that doesn’t matter.

Greg ,
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I have no useful advice but much sympathy.

urquell ,

Diclofenac was my aid to sleep with a broken arm

Xyphius ,

I had 8 teeth pulled at once, many years ago. I couldn’t take Tylenol 3s as they made me sick. I did my best with ibuprofen and acetaminophen (one Motrin, one Tylenol extra strength). My father kept me distracted as much as possible. His advice was to keep your mind distracted as it can help with the pain.

pr06lefs ,

Yeah this is a good option - too much ibuprofen is harmful, as is too much acetaminophen. But you can take both together and get double the pain relief.

intensely_human ,

NO DO NOT TAKE THEM TOGETHER.

You need to alternate them. Taking them together creates negatively synergistic effects which ruins your health.

FOR ANYONE READING DO NOT MIX IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN

Foreigner ,

As I said lower down, you can take ibuprofen and acetaminophen (paracetamol) together . It’s advised you wait an hour after you take one type before you take the other to see if the first medication works well enough. There are even medications sold as a combination of both. What detrimental “synergistic effects” are you talking about?

henfredemars ,

I had 6 teeth removed at once. I can remember the pain. I found crushed or blended ice was helpful and doesn’t have risk of getting stuck.

It will be okay. Setting your expectations will help mentally. It’s still really rough. Did they prescribe you anything in terms of pain management?

OTC: Tylenol didn’t touch the pain. Ibuprofen helped some but was still pretty mild.

Boomkop3 ,

I recently had to deal with a very painful tooth surgery. Unsafe amounts of combined paracetamol, ibuprofen and more did not help. It hurt enough that I considered grabbing pliers and pulling my teeth out.

Eventually I was given opioid medication. I did not remember much of my time on it, but that’s better than the pain

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