alt Hacker NewsI had all four wisdom teeth removed without anything more than acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
Are narcotics normally required to handle that?
I also had my gallbladder out via laparoscopic surgery with the same as pain relief. It's possible we just don't feel pain the same.
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NetMageSCW • yesterday at 11:22 PM
I was similar, but it really depends on the individual. OTC works well for some and does nothing for others.
It’s dependent on how messy the extraction is, and on the person. It can be anything from ‘tooth pops out no bother’ to ‘invasive surgical procedure involving removing bone etc’. I had two of my wisdom teeth out, was just given ibuprofen, it was fine. Some years later, I had the other two out. One was significantly messier (the reason they only took two out in the first place was that this one had risk of nerve damage and they wanted to leave it alone if possible), and I was given ibuprofen and solpadeine (paracetamol/codeine). Took the solpadeine once, decided I didn’t like the way it made me feel, and just went with ibuprofen and paracetamol; was basically fine.