I just had a tooth removed yesterday, it was a wisdom tooth on the top. The pain is driving me crazy! I had this done at a clinic, and they don't prescribe pain medication or narcotics for any reason at all. I suspect that is because there are so many drug addicts in this area. But I wish they would make an exception when pulling teeth. Anyhow, I have been taking Tylenol and Ibuprofen, which is helping a little but not much. It has been 24 hours, so I did a warm salt water rinse, that didn't help much either.
I have some Guaifenesin Codeine syrup here, from when I had bronchitis a while back. Will that help any, since it has codeine in it? Isn't that the same ingredient that Vicodin has? I wonder how many mg are in 2 teaspoons full?
I just took 2 tylenol, and and 800 mg Ibuprofen, I wonder if it would be okay to take 3 or 4 teaspoons of the cough syrup?

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It has now been 2 more days since I posted, and it still hurts. It's not the extraction site itself that hurts, but all the gums and teeth on that side of my mouth, top and bottom. It hurts the same way as it does when I have a bad cold, because when I get a cold, all my gums feel inflamed.
The codeine syrup didn't seem to help. I'm going to get some clove oil tomorrow and try that.
I have been taking one 800 mg ibuprofen and 2 tylenol every six hours. It helps a little, but my gums feel like I want to jab toothpicks into them.
Is all this pain because it was a wisdom tooth? My mother's boyfriend had 4 teeth pulled the same day, and he was feeling fine that same afternoon, and ever since. I just had this one pulled and it's still driving me nuts, and it's been almost 4 days.