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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 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ineffective for dental pain IMO

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 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.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

hurt weird and feel out of it in a way that was absolutely NOT fun