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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?
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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).
Weed.
ineffective for dental pain IMO
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.
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.
Thatβs what opioids do to me; they just make it hurt weird in a way that doesnβt matter.
hurt weird and feel out of it in a way that was absolutely NOT fun
You better not smoke it with 20+ open wounds in your mouth...
Well said. Edibles to the rescue if possible to obtain.
good luck chewing toothless
Drinkables would probably work better here tho.
There are other ways of consuming cannabis.
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)
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
You are correct. You donβt want to create suction in your mouth for a few days after having a tooth extracted. Youβll end up with something called a dry socket, which is far more excruciating than the initial pain of extraction.
Suppositories sounds like the best option here.