tooth abscess

[ukwill]

The pain is other-wordly. Im sat here sweating, waiting for the 3g of amoxicillin to kick in. Help...

[Austin.J]

You need a good set of pliers and a bottle of cheap whisky.

[PD9]

Nice...



TBH I feel for you

[Los Palmas 7]

You have my sympathy matey. Had this a couple of years ago and it is one of the most painful things imaginable, in a "I want to rip my own jaw off to stop the pain" kind of way.

Once the antibiotics kick in, it should start clearing up in a day or two. Be brave.

[MacGee]

get yourself off to your local friendly dentist....if you were in Yorks I could sort it out quick..

[anonymous-user]

MacGee said:

get yourself off to your local friendly dentist....if you were in Yorks I could sort it out quick..

+1 it's just not worth putting yourself through that sort of pain.

[ukwill]

I went to the dentist the very minute he opened this morning! That's where I got the prescription for the amoxicillin from. I just wish the pain would go. It's making me feel sick.

[Tazfan]

I was in your position 3 weeks ago. Took 4 days for the antibiotics to have an effect. I was eating painkillers like Smarties but was still in agony. The worse pain was coming inside after being out in the cold. Never known pain like it before.
I had Root Canal work done as a result of the abscess, and it was completed yesterday. The procedure was totally painless (when he broke through the bottom of the tooth, it was discovered I still had some infection. The small, and taste of it when it was breached was vomit inducing. Had more antibiotics, and its all sorted now.
Toothache and earache are two things I can happily do without. I have a pretty high tolerance to pain as a rule, but those two turn me into a blubbering child.
All you can do is bare with it. Try to avoid temperature changes, as going from cold to warm is pretty intense.
Hope you find relief sooner rather than later.

[Nervus]

PARAMOL, plus some more Paramol. Thats all that would work on mine and allowed the pain to subside long enough to get some shut eye.

When I eventually had the tooth pulled, it felt better than a w**k!

[TheEnd]

ukwill said:

The pain is other-wordly. Im sat here sweating, waiting for the 3g of amoxicillin to kick in. Help...

you know that amoxicillin isn't a pain killer? it'll stop the infection in time, but the pain is something else, so i'd get some painkillers as well.

[ukwill]

TheEnd said:

ukwill said:

The pain is other-wordly. Im sat here sweating, waiting for the 3g of amoxicillin to kick in. Help...

you know that amoxicillin isn't a pain killer? it'll stop the infection in time, but the pain is something else, so i'd get some painkillers as well.

Yes, I took 2 ibuprofen earlier but they've done feck all. Luckily I have some codeine to try next. Christ I feel like a druggy!

[largerandrock]

I had one last year! and as you say the pain is something else!.. Get yourself some oraldene mouth wash i think thats how its spelt it really helped with the pain, and the dentist cut mine open to let the poison out.

[Slinky]

ukwill said:

TheEnd said:

ukwill said:

The pain is other-wordly. Im sat here sweating, waiting for the 3g of amoxicillin to kick in. Help...

you know that amoxicillin isn't a pain killer? it'll stop the infection in time, but the pain is something else, so i'd get some painkillers as well.

Yes, I took 2 ibuprofen earlier but they've done feck all. Luckily I have some codeine to try next. Christ I feel like a druggy!

Having watched my wife regularly go through abscess pain, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, and having had tooth issues myself recently, I feel for you...

I found Ibuprofen plus (tesco issue) to be the most effective on my issue recently..

[ShadownINja]

Get the abscess removed. It'll come back. There's a reason why it's appeared.

[FarleyRusk]

I went to am emergency dentist with an abscess when I lived in Zurich a while back. He took a look and casually told me to come back the next day. Had a night of intense, throbbing pain and zero sleep as the abscess doubled in size. Went to see him again first thing the next day and he lanced the thing with a scalpel - no anaesthetic of course. The then had the cheek to try to bill me for 1200 Swissies.

Hope you'll be okay chap!