Toothache! Help, l'm drowing

paulofessex

Odd title l know....in agony here with toothache, only thing that gives a minute or two of relief is a mouthful of cold water, nurofen not touching the pain, and because l'm drinking so much up and down to the loo so l dread to think about how my night will be, thats if l don't drown first

MrsE_2

Nurofen plus

withabix

Go and get some clove oil from the chemist (and some cotton buds).

Sucker_for_sweeties

Poor you .....I've been there too

I always used soluble painkillers (solpadiene or somesuch), they seemed to vauguely work.
I've also used clove oil on cotton wool so much the smell makes me gag even now.

Friday night too

mandi

Okay before I post medical advice always read the instructions , and yes its not allowed but Iboprofen & paracetmol taken together will give you some relief .

Toothtsmith is a dentist on here if you would like more advice

samhuzz

mandi wrote: »

Okay before I post medical advice always read the instructions , and yes its not allowed but Iboprofen & paracetmol taken together will give you some relief .

Toothtsmith is a dentist on here if you would like more advice

Bloke at works wife is a pharmacist and she said you can take them together. Think it's because they work in different ways or something like that.

MrsE_2

You can take them together.

But trust me you want Nurofen plus

Toothsmith

Sounds like an irreversible pulpitis. (Toothache eased by very cold is pretty diagnostic).

You need to see a dentist who will numb it up, pop a hole through the tooth and take out the dying nerve.

Painkillers won't really help - and if you get to see a dentist, don't be fobbed off with antibiotics. There's no infection yet, so they won't help.

Personally, I'd just hold an ice cube against it until you get to see somebody.

If there IS a cavity on that tooth, then this is probably the ONLY tooth pain that clove oil MIGHT actually help!

But only if you can get it pretty much onto the exposed nerve. If not, it's more likely to burn & damage your gum than help.

Dentist ASAP.

paulofessex

Thank you all for you tips and advice, in particular Toothsmith. Finally managed to get limited sleep at 4:30am

Im now trying to get to see a dentist. Thanks again

dougz_2

MrsE wrote: »

Nurofen plus

...or solpadene max, etc, basically those which also have codiene in the ingredients is what I found helped with mine. That plus continual rinsing with iced water.

Toothsmith wrote: »

and if you get to see a dentist, don't be fobbed off with antibiotics.

Sounds like my ex dentist was fobbing me off then. He said all he could do for me was the antibiotic pills, which were giving me absolutely no relief from the hellish pain. It didn't stop hurting until the tooth eventually erupted puss through the side of my gum.

patchwork_cat

Be careful with the water. http://hightimes.com/video/ht_admin/4459 although 10 L is a bit excessive!