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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Weed.

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You better not smoke it with 20+ open wounds in your mouth...

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

There are other ways of consuming cannabis.

[–] Poot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well said. Edibles to the rescue if possible to obtain.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago

Drinkables would probably work better here tho.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

good luck chewing toothless

[–] zammy95@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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)

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

You are correct. You don’t want to create suction in your mouth for a few days after having a tooth extracted. You’ll end up with something called a dry socket, which is far more excruciating than the initial pain of extraction.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Suppositories sounds like the best option here.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ineffective for dental pain IMO

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago

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