Pain after 2 teeth extracted?!
Question:
Pain after 2 teeth extracted?
I had 2 lower teeth extracted on Saturday afternoon, and I was given like 15 Ibuprofen 800mg tablets for pain. I had to double the dose & take 2 tablets every 4 hours instead of 1 tablet, to do any good at all. I now only have 1 tablet left. The dentist is closed today & won't open until tomorrow (Tuesday) until about 2:30pm. What can I do to help reduce the pain until the dentist open, as no over the counter pain medicine help & this is quite bad pain as it was a very difficult extraction? I have done salt-water rinses, however it does not reduce any pain I'm in other than for like 2 minutes, than it comes right back.
Answers:
If 1600mg of Ibuprofen helped somewhat then just get a bottle of Advil and take 8 pills at a time. It's not great for your stomach but the prescription 800mg Ibuprofen is exactly the same as taking 4 Advil. I asked my pharmacist and that's what they told me. I had the same situation with having to double up on the 800mg pills. Do that until you can get back to the dentist. It's possible you can ask for Tylenol-2 or 3 or even Vicodin for the pain if it's that bad.