Suggest Medicines For Toothache

Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2015

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Fri, 20 Feb 2015 Answered on

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : What medicines I can not take for pain in my tooth?

Answered by Dr. Sameer Kumar (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
avoid opioids....

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for the query,
you can take NSAIDS like diclofenac sodium , aceclofenac, naproxen, cox2 inhibitors like celecoxib.
what you should not take is opioids like morphine , pethidine ,pentazocine for tooth ache.
The dosage can be increased if the pain relief is not achieved by above drugs as they are not habit forming or addictive.
regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar