Ex Nummisi'm 40 years old and just had ALL my teeth extracted in one go. The pain is excruciating. Any tips for pain relief?
XyphiusI had 8 teeth pulled at once, many years ago. I couldn’t take Tylenol 3s as they made me sick. I did my best with ibuprofen and acetaminophen (one Motrin, one Tylenol extra strength). My father kept me distracted as much as possible. His advice was to keep your mind distracted as it can help with the pain.
Yeah this is a good option - too much ibuprofen is harmful, as is too much acetaminophen. But you can take both together and get double the pain relief.
NO DO NOT TAKE THEM TOGETHER.
You need to alternate them. Taking them together creates negatively synergistic effects which ruins your health.
FOR ANYONE READING DO NOT MIX IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN
As I said lower down, you can take ibuprofen and acetaminophen (paracetamol) together ](nhs.uk/…/taking-ibuprofen-with-other-medicines-an…). It’s advised you wait an hour after you take one type before you take the other to see if the first medication works well enough. There are even medications sold as a combination of both. What detrimental “synergistic effects” are you talking about?
that’s SO wrong… in australia our doctors and surgeons FREQEUENTLY tell us to take both ibuprofen and paracetamol (which is what most of the world calls acetaminophen) together
CryptagionismisogynistFurther down this user realized they didn’t really remember the name of which meds to not mix and may have been thinking of aspirin/ibuprofen