Re: Wisdom tooth from hell

longhorndkr@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

oN wrote:

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Will being on pain killers/antibiotics for so long (she must have
taken pain killers maybe 10-15 days out of the 30 days)
cause any other problems. Wife is 36.


Have you OPT, x-ray s?
There is possible that some other teeth have some pulpitis, or bone is
broken, or some antagonist teeth is in some inflammation state, or...
Try to find second opinion.

all the best,
Proka


Being on the antibiotics should not cause any other problems.
Effectively, the reason why people should not be on antib's for a long
time has more to do with them becoming immune to the positive effects
of the drug and thereafter its efficacy not being the same should your
wife need antibiotics later down the road. But one course of 15 days
should not make much of a difference. Some people simply have
different levels of resistance to bacteria and normal courses of
Penicillin traditionally can run 3x/day for up to three weeks.


There is another potential of course, and that is increased risk of sensitization.
Unstated in this whole saga is whether a C and S was done.

Steve



It is possible that your wife had some lingering effects from the
Wisdom teeth extraction; possibly the doctor hit a nerve and that is
what has effected the tongue? It certainly sounds like she had some
bacteria infect the region. The mouth is replete with a very lot of
nerves and blood vessels being so closely squeezed together (near the
brain!) and consequently this is why antibiotics are prescribed.

As for myself, amoxicillin does not have the same level of benefit as
do the more recent synthetic drugs Azithromycin/Zithromax, Levaquin and
Gatofloxacin. Generally, a doctor will prescribe the
amoxicillin/clamox first (in order to save these stronger drugs for
more dire cases), and if they do not see satisfactory results move to
Trimox, then to Augmentin, Gato, Azith, etc.

Hope that helps,
D



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