Worried....
I had my surgery on the 27th of February. No complications, it was and has been a walk in the park so far. However I am dealing with a cracked molar that is causing me severe pain. I was at the dentist last week and they tried to put bonding on it-it is still extremely painful so I am told it will need to be removed. I have a consult with an Oral Surgeon on Wednesday but the problem is the pain is so bad I am taking 1.5 T1's every 2-3 hours and the pain is so bad today I took half a percocet. To give you an idea after surgery I had pain meds the day of and then 2 percs the following day and nothing else-so I do have a high pain tolerance. But this tooth pain is the worst I have ever experienced. Am I doing damage taking these Tylenols? I dont want to but I can't function. I am going to try and call surgeon tomorrow and see if they will squeeze me in as an emergency person. Some places were telling me they could get me in April 11th. I absolutely cannot wait that long or I will be swinging from a branch lol.
I doubt you are doing damage taking the painkillers but you might want to add some fiber/stool softeners/laxative to your diet to avoid getting all "clogged" up. Painkillers are notorious for causing constipation so just make sure you stay on top of that.
Just as an aside I think (you might want to double check this) the maximum recommended dose of tylenol is 4grams per day (4000mg) so you might want to count up what you are taking and make sure you keep under that per day.
Yes Monica maybe they can take you in ASAP.
I totally understand the pain you are going through as I have had tooth pain so bad while waiting for oral surgeon the pain just shoots up the side of your face into your head you want to scream. I do not think you taking the tylenols will cause any issue but if you worried call your centre and talk to them.
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I once had the BRILLIANT idea once to stop at Wal-Mart and buy oragel for a broken tooth that was KILLING me... got to the car... opened the package and promptly put a big ol' dab directly into the open tooth... and hit the F$%& Roof of the car... screaming and crying like I was being murdered... People must have thought I was nuts! LOL... Lesson learned... (Oh I also was taking 2 advil Migraine pills and 2 alieve pills every four hours... before I reolized that Alieve is a 24 hour dose... duh...) did I mention I have a high pain tolerance too? Tooth pain Sucks!