I had 4 wisdom teeth removed Friday morning. I have some questions?

On Friday I had 4 wisdom teeth removed. Two were pulled two were surgically extracted and were both impacted mostly boney. Friday I stayed in a mostly out of it state, slept most the day. Saturday I woke up feeling great. I thought what a breeze. I run a home daycare so my plan was to take the Hydrocodene ever 4hours Friday then try to go 6 hours Sat and then today I wanted to take Ibuprofen instead so that tomorrow I could keep kids meds free. Sat after 5 hours I was in tears and its been hurting more than I thought. Is that normal? WHen is it safe to resume normal activity such as working out? How much ibuprofen can I take at a time? I don't want to take off work if I don't have to but it still hurts and I feel I still need pain killers but I don't feel its safe to take pain killers like hydrocodene while caring for kids alone. Just want some info. Thanks

I had 4 wisdom teeth removed Friday morning. I have some questions?
MOM--,





IBUPROFEN CAN BE SAFELY BE TAKEN 800mg EVERY 4-6 HOURS FOR PAIN. THIS WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR PAIN CONTROL THAN HYDROCODONE, AND SINCE IT'S NOT A NARCOTIC, YOU CAN DRIVE WHILE ON IT.
Reply:tell me you are NOT smoking...that's the worse thing to do after extractions. also do not drink from a straw. the reason is you do not want to disturb the blood clots that have formed over the opening or you will get dry socket (a very painful infection). did your doctor say it was ok to take ibuprofen? typically, ibuprofen can cause bleeding and that will affect that clot too. what if you take 1/2 a dose of the hydrocodene and then one or two tylenols. hot and/or cold packs really help too. don't chew anything that makes you uncomfortable.
Reply:i had all four taken out a year ago and i was in terrible pain when i stopped vicodine (it made me sick) i think i was out for 5 days
Reply:if u have a 24 hr walgreens or pharmacy call and ask the pharmacist on duty. pharmaacist tend to know more about drugs than doctors and what is safe for u to take.
Reply:Sounds like a dry socket. Call your dentist!!!!!!! You can take 3-4 Advil twice a day, but make sure you have something on your stomach. Avoid drinking anything carbonated or through a straw. Also avoid smoking. This pulls the clot out of the socket and causes the dry socket.



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