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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 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] BudgetBandit 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know where you are, but if you’re in Europe I’d get my hands on some Novalgin (illegal in the US because it isn’t addictive) other than that there’s some kind of pads for jaw operations that you put in the freezer.

I personally find pain more bearable than the cold, so no ice and a lot of sleep for me

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Word of warning. Novalgin (Dipyrone/metamizole) will completely fuck your white blood cells.

https://journals.lww.com/rca/fulltext/2019/06000/is_it_time_to_restrict_the_clinical_use_of.1.aspx

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah but we're talking about a single-incident use here, the article seems to analyse reports about clinical stay usage, as in, over longer bouts of time.