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EDIT; I can't reply to everyone individually but thanks for all the suggestions! Opiates are out of the question, doctors here will only prescribe those in terms of absolutely extreme suffering or end of life care. I also don't particularly feel interested in developing a hard drug habit. Diclofenac and such are available but also only on separate prescriptions, I'd have to visit another doctor for that. I'm well stocked on paracetamol & ibuprofen, and apart from that, lots of ice cream, pudding & soup :)

Also, since a fair few people seem to doubt the veracity of my story, here's the 22 extracted teeth (the other 10 were already gone in previous extractions).

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Combined Tylenol and ibuprofen is probably your best bet otc.

Like Motrin.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

No!

DO NOT MIX ibuprofen and acetaminophen!

You need to alternate these in schedule:

  • Take 600-800 mg ibuprofen
  • Wait six hours
  • Take 500-1000 mg acetaminophen
  • Wait six hours
  • repeat

Note that the upper end doses I mentioned are SHORT TERM dosages. Don’t do that more than a couple of days.

[–] Foreigner 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where have you been told this? Are you perhaps confusing acetaminophen for something else? Doctors will tell you that you can take ibuprofen and acetaminophen (paracetamol) together . 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 you shouldn't take ibuprofen along with other Non-steroidal anti-i inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

You may be right. The combination of ibuprofen and aspirin might be the thing I was advised against by my doctor. It was back in 2019 that I had this event so my memory could be hazy.

On the other hand, when’s the last time you saw a box of Combogesic on the shelf?

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