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I'm posting this only because it might help someone else with pain.
Starting about a month ago I began to have a toothache. The pain got worse so I went to my dentist last Thursday.
He decided I need a root canal so he made me an appointment with an endodontist which I went to on Monday. The endodontist scheduled my root canal for next Monday.
The dentist gave me a prescription for HYDROCODONE (7.5 -325)
And the endodontist renewed the HYDROCODONE and prescribed an additional antiobiotic (AMOXICILLIN 500 MG).
I started taking the HYDROCODONE one pill at a time. Even with that one pill, the pain kept getting worse. So I doubled up and started taking two pills every 6 hours. The pain did not let up. So I added a 350 mg Tylenol tablet to the two Hydrocodeon tabs. And then on Monday I also began taking the antibiotic.
Even with that, when I woke up yesterday morning I was hurting so bad that I came close to going to the ER to get some relief. But then kept toughing it out until I could go back to the endodontist this morning to get something stronger.
Then at about 8 PM last night I found a bottle of Ibuprofen tabs (200 mg). I said "what the hell, if all this stuff kills me at least I won't be in pain any longer so it will be worth it". So I took two of those along with the Hydrocodone.
By about a half hour later, ALL the pain utterly disappeared. And I slept good.
When I woke up this morning at 4:30, the pain had started to come back.
This time I took one Hydrocodone and two more of the Ibuprofen.
Once again, about a half hour later the pain totally disappeared and it's now almost 4 hours later and the pain is still gone.
I don't know if it's due to the combination of the two drugs OR if it's the Ibuprofen alone that's doing it. The next time I need the pills I may first try the Ibuprofen by itself to see what happens.
But in any case, the pain went from unbearable to totally gone.
Starting about a month ago I began to have a toothache. The pain got worse so I went to my dentist last Thursday.
He decided I need a root canal so he made me an appointment with an endodontist which I went to on Monday. The endodontist scheduled my root canal for next Monday.
The dentist gave me a prescription for HYDROCODONE (7.5 -325)
And the endodontist renewed the HYDROCODONE and prescribed an additional antiobiotic (AMOXICILLIN 500 MG).
I started taking the HYDROCODONE one pill at a time. Even with that one pill, the pain kept getting worse. So I doubled up and started taking two pills every 6 hours. The pain did not let up. So I added a 350 mg Tylenol tablet to the two Hydrocodeon tabs. And then on Monday I also began taking the antibiotic.
Even with that, when I woke up yesterday morning I was hurting so bad that I came close to going to the ER to get some relief. But then kept toughing it out until I could go back to the endodontist this morning to get something stronger.
Then at about 8 PM last night I found a bottle of Ibuprofen tabs (200 mg). I said "what the hell, if all this stuff kills me at least I won't be in pain any longer so it will be worth it". So I took two of those along with the Hydrocodone.
By about a half hour later, ALL the pain utterly disappeared. And I slept good.
When I woke up this morning at 4:30, the pain had started to come back.
This time I took one Hydrocodone and two more of the Ibuprofen.
Once again, about a half hour later the pain totally disappeared and it's now almost 4 hours later and the pain is still gone.
I don't know if it's due to the combination of the two drugs OR if it's the Ibuprofen alone that's doing it. The next time I need the pills I may first try the Ibuprofen by itself to see what happens.
But in any case, the pain went from unbearable to totally gone.
Good golly! It may be a robot doing the surgery but it's still a human body that has to heal. I thought going home in 36 hours was too early.