I’m in PAIN !
I’ve got a toothache that just won’t quit. I called every dentist in the phonebook, but since it’s Saturday, I’m out of luck.
But, I’m in PAIN !
I tried Anbesol, Oragel, a shot of whiskey, rum, I rubbed ice between my finger and thumb, used an ice pack and almost everything else I can think of. I took 4 Advils, 200mg each, but I’m still hurting really bad.
Will it hurt me to take more ?
My bottle of Advil (ibuprofen 200 mg) says “Do not exceed 6 tablets in 24 hours, unless directed by a doctor”.
Symptoms of overdose.
How long ago did you take the advil? Has there been time for it to kick in?
If not, then wait and see what happens before you take any more.
IANAD, btw.
If 4 advils aren’t helping at all, taking more won’t help. If it’s that bad, I would go to another town and find a dentist… there’s gotta be someone who is open. If you have an inflamed nerve, waiting is not a good idea - it could turn into an abscess and you might lose the tooth (although I don’t know the time frame for this or how long you’ve been waiting). Call your local hospital for advice as a last resort. Let us know what happens.
I had to have an emergency root canal, and the pain beforehand was pretty bad.
I was once advised by my doctor to take 4 tablets at a time, rather than the standard 2 at a time. The interval between doses was not changed. He first asked me if I had a cast iron stomach. I would agree with Rusalka not to take more than 4 per dose.
Oil of cloves, applied directly to the tooth/gum, is often effective in reducing tooth pain. Grocery stores usually have it with the spices and cooking extracts.
I took the advil about 1 1/2 hours ago. I hasn’t worked and this tooth hurts so much, I don’t really care if they want to pull the tooth.
We called every dentist in the area. After this we’d need to go out of state.
We called the hospital too, but they told me that they couldn’t do anything either.
Is it just the tooth, or is it all the way up the side of your face? If it’s more than the tooth, it may be an abscess, and IMO you would be perfectly justified in calling a dentist at home on a beautiful Saturday afternoon–you can get blood poisoning from an abscessed tooth.
http://www.dental--health.com/paingum_mouth4.html
–or an endodontist.
http://www.aae.org/newstoothpain.html
So, find an endodontist?
When I had shingles the doctor said that I could take 800mg (four 200mg tablets) of Advil every four hours for the pain. She said that was the max safe dosage.
You should ask a pharmacist when you have questions like this. 800mg of ibuprofen is probably not going to help a toothache that much, and if you take it on an empty stomach or in repeated doses, you’re likely to get stomach cramps. I can’t believe there is not an emergency dentist available in your town? You don’t get a recording with an emergency number to call when you call your dentist?
Do any of the dentists have a phone number you can call for emergencies? I know if my dentist is not in I can page him if it’s an emergency.
Hope you get help soon.
Years ago, during some horrid cramps, I took 8.
Well, first I took 2. Didn’t work.
Then took 2 more.
Also not work.
Waited half hour. 2 more.
Didn’t work.
Finally 2 more did the trick.
vanilla, waiitng impatientally for menopause.
Talk to a pharmacist. Advil can be murder on your stomach and your liver in excessive doses. To minimize the side effects, IIRC you should not take it on an empty stomach or with alcohol.
(Warning: IANA medical professional of any kind, but I have sometimes quite wicked ankle pain, and this is what my doc told me. I am otherwise a basically healthy person, so if you have other issues, particularly liver or kidney or gastrointestinal issues, your situation is different. When I last had a bad ankle problem and it was going to be a few days before I could get in to the doc, his nurse told me 600-8000 mg every 6 hours would be OK for a couple of days, but not for any kind of extended period.)
I’ve also heard the thing about clove oil, BTW. I had the bad luck to get an impacted wisdom tooth in Russia in 1989, when there were no drugs of any kind and a huge shortage of clean/disposable medical instruments. It was NOT a fun experience. If you think it might be an impacted wisdom tooth or abcess, it might help to rinse your mouth with saltwater or a dilute peroxide solution to clean it out and disinfect it. Good luck!
You need to go to a dentist right away. Call someone out of state if you have to, even to get advice. This could be quite serious if it hurts that much. This is nothing to fool around with. If you let it go, (if it’s an abscess) you could lose more than one tooth, or even worse. I’m not kidding.
Please let us know what happens.
When I had a bad flareup of sciatica, my doctor had me taking the maximum dosage of Advil AND tylenol, offsetting them by two hours. Like, 2 Advil at 8 pm, 2 Tylenol at 10 pm, 2 Advil at 12 pm and so on.
That way you have twice as much painkiller in you, but not an overdose of one kind. Plus that way one type is always in full strength instead of almost cleared out of your system.
If you don’t have a problem with Tylenol, maybe you could try that. But not if you’re drinking, of course!
And, even if it works, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get to the dentist ASAP.
We live in very rural area, and I’ve only reached one dentist who had an answering service. He never called back.
I’m out of my fucking head with pain.
Go To The Emergency Room. Jeez.
Eva Luna: [[his nurse told me 600-8000 mg every 6 hours would be OK for a couple of days, but not for any kind of extended period.)]]
I’m sure she meant 600-800 mg, not 8000.
Vanilla, you were overdosing. Ibuprofin takes a bit of time to work (longer than aspirin, but more effective for cramps), but you should never take more than 800 mg. at a time.
Buy some of that lidocane or benzocane (Anbesol is one of them) stuff and rub it all over the area. Sometimes it really helps. I just had my first few root canals. :eek:
Unless of course you already tried that.
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Ummm, yep. I plead sleep deprivation! Don’t take 8,000 mg! That would be like half the bottle!
I’ve taken up to 800 mg of ibuprofen at a time for pain, but no more. I probably wouldn’t advise it. Have you tried heat? Not super hot, but soothingly warm. Worst case scenario, I’d go to the ER. It seems to me that if you’re on their doorstep, they should do something about it.
Incidentally, ibuprofen can also do a number on your esophagus if you take it regularly without eating first. So get something in your stomach before you take more.