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    Unhappy Poor Me!

    Ended up going to the dentist today after being plagued by recurring toothache for most of the past weekend. Turned out an *abscess had formed adjacent to one of my few remaining BIG back teeth ... *for which I was duly prescribed a short course of Amoxicillin 250 mg capsules to be taken 3 times daily spaced out ... over the next 7 days.

    Having already gone through ... HELL? (That certainly!) But ... what I meant to say was - in spite of consuming a full 16-pack of Tesco's extra powerful painkillers since the onset of the problem late last Friday evening and starting my prescription - I'm still getting agonising twinges gnawing away while I sit here waiting impatiently for the antibiotics to "kick in" properly.

    Ouch!


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    I feel your pain. I currently have an abscess and in 10 days time am going into hospital to have three wisdom teeth out and the abscess removed


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    Poor Arthur....
    I've recently had similar so really understand the feeling.
    Here's wishing you a speedy recovery to pain free chomping


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    How about a drop of the good stuff rubbed around that tooth, that may help


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    I sympathise, Arthur, and wish you a full recovery with pain relief as soon as possible.


    As I explained to Slip in a previous thread, the usual way to cure a dental abscess is by the dentist or dental surgeon cutting into it to drain away the pus ( fluid containing the bacteria / bugs ). Indeed, antibiotics may not always be needed for dental abscesses unless there are complications ( like local spread ). If they were needed, amoxicillin ( a type of penicillin ), as prescribed in your case, is appropriate.


    Hopefully the antibiotics will “ kick in “, as you say, but presumably this is prior to your dentist / dental surgeon draining the abscess.


    Get well soon !


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    Bless you Arthur!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Slip View Post
    I feel your pain. I currently have an abscess and in 10 days time am going into hospital to have three wisdom teeth out and the abscess removed
    Ah ... I'd been thinking about you and your "teething troubles" in the months leading up to your in the Philippines.

    Brave man! Although, looking at yours and Harlene's happy smiling faces in the pre-nuptial photos, Slip ... I was reassured that you appeared to manage (for the most part, at least) to remain pretty clear of any recurring symptoms - thankfully!

    All the best in getting the various problems fixed once and for all.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    Poor Arthur....
    I've recently had similar so really understand the feeling.
    Here's wishing you a speedy recovery to pain free chomping
    Thank you, Peter; ... I hadn't realised you'd been (unlike myself!) "suffering in silence". Hopefully, you're no longer in any pain now.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Alan View Post
    I sympathise, Arthur, and wish you a full recovery with pain relief as soon as possible.

    As I explained to Slip in a previous thread, the usual way to cure a dental abscess is by the dentist or dental surgeon cutting into it to drain away the pus ( fluid containing the bacteria / bugs ). Indeed, antibiotics may not always be needed for dental abscesses unless there are complications ( like local spread ). If they were needed, amoxicillin ( a type of penicillin ), as prescribed in your case, is appropriate.


    Hopefully the antibiotics will “ kick in “, as you say ...

    Get well soon !
    Thanks too, for your sympathy, Alan. Alas my dentist didn't offer to drain the abscess ... preferring instead to prescribe antibiotics - which, frankly, aren't helping a great deal to relieve the almost constant dull ache - when I wish to God he'd just yanked the tooth out in the first place. Indeed, the Amoxicillin capsules proved so ineffective that I was forced to walk 3/4 of a mile each way to the 24-hr Tesco store in order to replenish my stock of painkillers late last night. Oddly enough, doing this did bring a modicum of relief ... even if it was short-lived.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Alan View Post

    ... but presumably this is prior to your dentist / dental surgeon draining the abscess.
    ... 'fraid NOT ... his parting shot was, "see you in six months' time - unless, of course, the tooth gives you any more bother".


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    Ah ... I'd been thinking about you and your "teething troubles" in the months leading up to your in the Philippines.

    Brave man! Although, looking at yours and Harlene's happy smiling faces in the pre-nuptial photos, Slip ... I was reassured that you appeared to manage (for the most part, at least) to remain pretty clear of any recurring symptoms - thankfully!

    All the best in getting the various problems fixed once and for all.
    I actually was in pain while out there for around a week halfway through my time. A good dose of antibiotics got me through


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    Stay away from my dentist, she's not called 'The Butcher' for nothing
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    Ended up going to the dentist today after being plagued by recurring toothache for most of the past weekend. Turned out an *abscess had formed adjacent to one of my few remaining BIG back teeth ... *for which I was duly prescribed a short course of Amoxicillin 250 mg capsules to be taken 3 times daily spaced out ... over the next 7 days.

    Having already gone through ... HELL? (That certainly!) But ... what I meant to say was - in spite of consuming a full 16-pack of Tesco's extra powerful painkillers since the onset of the problem late last Friday evening and starting my prescription - I'm still getting agonising twinges gnawing away while I sit here waiting impatiently for the antibiotics to "kick in" properly.

    Ouch!
    Get well soon sir Art.
    Dave has got the same problem, they put filling on his tooth six months ago and realized it was no good and needs to be extracted in the end
    I never stop contacting NHS 111 until the problem was resolved...He is now a happy bunny but not happy paying 50quid for it
    ''Don't be serious..Be Sincere''


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    Quote Originally Posted by sars_notd_virus View Post
    Get well soon sir Art.
    Dave has got the same problem, they put filling on his tooth six months ago and realized it was no good and needs to be extracted in the end
    I never stop contacting NHS 111 until the problem was resolved...He is now a happy bunny but not happy paying 50quid for it
    Thank you Mari to learn that Dave has had problems with his filling though. Sometimes extraction is the best remedy ... and I wish that course of action had been suggested for mine after the last occasion an abscess formed on the affected site.

    Glad to read Dave's gotten rid of his pain and I'm happy to report that, for the first time in nearly a week, I woke up this morning without the horrible gnawing sensation.


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    How about a drop of the good stuff rubbed around that tooth, that may help
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    Bless you Arthur!
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    Stay away from my dentist, she's not called 'The Butcher' for nothing
    Thank you, fellas, for your words of comfort ... which are also much appreciated.


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    Tonight I was able to carefully chomp some almonds and seems to be OK
    Hope you're starting to chomp pain free now Arthur


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    I know how you feel my friend having had one 2 months back the pain is unbelievable.

    I was also given amoxicillin 250mg which didn't touch it then increased to 500mg still agony so was drained by incision on the gum ouch but god what a relief.

    I was then given metranizadole alongside the amoxcillin and a root canal to follow and after 3 visits to the dentist treatment was completed.

    But one last thing I got was thrush down below due to the powerful effects of metranizadole lol, so damm sore and inflamed lol so no for a while... but in context I know how you feel.

    Get well soon Arthur.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by marksroomspain View Post
    I know how you feel my friend having had one 2 months back the pain is unbelievable.
    Thank you, Mark ... it's been sheer torture!

    Quote Originally Posted by marksroomspain View Post
    I was also given amoxicillin 250mg which didn't touch it then increased to 500mg still agony so was drained by incision on the gum ouch but god what a relief.
    Yes ... at one stage I was beginning to think I'd need to step up my dosage.

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    I was then given metranizadole alongside the amoxcillin and a root canal to follow and after 3 visits to the dentist treatment was completed.
    Hmm ... it hasn't come to that ... yet!

    Quote Originally Posted by marksroomspain View Post
    But one last thing I got was thrush down below due to the powerful effects of metranizadole lol, so damm sore and inflamed lol so no for a while... but in context I know how you feel.
    Poor Mark ... you really have been through the mill, !

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    Get well soon Arthur.....
    ... thanks again my friend, for your concern.


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    Yeowww ... not again!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
    Yeowww ... not again!
    Oh no . But please don't bang your head against a brick wall Arthur ! Is there a chance your dentist may now ( or next week ) offer to drain the abscess ?


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    I think my dentist is a fully paid up member of the Nazi Torture Society
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    Are you still suffering Arthur? hope you're ok!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Parnham View Post
    Are you still suffering Arthur? hope you're ok!
    Hi, my friends ... I'm back at last,
    Thank Christ the awful pain has passed
    'twas so bad I could've grat
    But knew there'd be no point in that
    Alas it went on for several days
    Wandering around in a drug~filled haze
    Metronidazole combined with Paramol
    Doped up, I was - right to the eyeball(s)
    Come this Friday ... ... so I'm assured
    T'misery I've suffered should be cured
    !


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    Welcome back, what a pain

    Get well soon, without a drain ...

    I won't " belittle " your dedication

    To " transcend dental medication "


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    A dentist, young Doctor Malone,
    Got a charming girl patient alone,
    And in his depravity
    He filled the wrong cavity
    And my how his practice has grown!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Alan View Post
    Welcome back, what a pain

    Get well soon, without a drain ...

    I won't " belittle " your dedication

    To " transcend dental medication "
    ... Alan, GREATLY cheered by your sense of humour!


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    Ooops...don't know how I missed this thread Arthur.

    Anyway, glad to hear your trials and tribulations are over.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Terpe View Post
    A dentist, young Doctor Malone,
    Got a charming girl patient alone,
    And in his depravity
    He filled the wrong cavity
    And my how his practice has grown!
    ... luck of the , eh?

    "Molly~coddling"
    by Malone!

    Nice one, Peter!


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Ooops...don't know how I missed this thread Arthur.
    Ah ... easily done, Graham ...

    ... unless, of course, you've been in my shoes lately!

    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw View Post
    Anyway, glad to hear your trials and tribulations are over.


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