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Why Hasn't Tooth Pain Subsided Despite Taking Amoxicillin And Hydrocodone?
I have been on Amoxicillin 500 mg 1 cap every 6 hrs since Friday for tooth pain prior to an extraction scheduled for tomorrow. (tooth had a root canal and crown but feel bacteria continues to get under the crown) I continue to have pain seems as if meds not beginning to help as of yet. Also gave me 7.5/325 hydrocodone (generic for norco my bottle says) it has not even begun to touch the pain. I am not a medicine taker so I should not have a tolerance which I have been reading about online that others are saying when I have googled dosage amounts. Is this not a strong enough antibiotic and pain med? I took 3 advil and that seemed to work for a couple of hours.
Sat, 1 Mar 2014
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Dont worry about pain prior to extraction. Since its a routine that we keep the patient under antibiotics coverage for 3 to 5 days prior to extraction, you can use flozen AA as a pain killer. While extraction anaesthesia will be given to you yo sensitise nerve and avoid pain. Pain must be due to deep infection.
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Welcome to HCM
Dont worry about pain prior to extraction. Since its a routine that we keep the patient under antibiotics coverage for 3 to 5 days prior to extraction, you can use flozen AA as a pain killer. While extraction anaesthesia will be given to you yo sensitise nerve and avoid pain. Pain must be due to deep infection.
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