My 31-year old daughter got tooth pain at the beginning of the week, resulting in an oral surgeon telling her on Friday she needs 3 root canal treatments. We are in New Zealand, so diagnosis was around 24 hours ago. She has been prescribed Nurofen plus, which helps for a brief period, but then the pain comes back at full force. She is just about dying of pain. Took 1 amoxycillin at 6 am, with 2 nurofen. Two further nurofen at 10 am, which basically didnt help. Topped it up with 2 paracetamol but still no relieve. From an accident last year I have tramadol lying around so she has just taken two of those as 2 tramadol together with 2 panadol helped perviously. Advise please on what to take/not to take. She is very scared to take too much and damage her inside organs, but this pain is unbearable. Thank you.
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor forum, Since your dentist has suggested root canal treatment for your 3 teeth, you have to get it done as soon as possible. The pain is due to the infected pulp remaining within the pulp canals of 3 teeth. Analgesics can relieve pain only temporarily. So I would suggest you to get the infected pulp removed at the earliest for relief from pain. Avoid intake of hard, solid foods. Intake of very hot or too cold fluids has to be limited as it can aggregate pain. Always maintain good oral hygiene. Take care.