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Antibiotics effect
I am suffering from mid severe toothache due to infection, dentist prescribed me Amoxicillin, its been like 1.5 day only of me taking it but still relief in pain isn't observed. May i know when i can expect antibiotic to work fully on it??
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- Antibiotics won't be as helpful for infected tooth, sometimes it does but not all the time.
- Root canal treatment will actually help you subside the pain. Antibiotics won't be needed after that.
- Need to check clinically and radiographically, how much infection and carious is that tooth.
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It depends on the dosage you're taking. And if the case is long standing infection it might have become a hot tooth, means in such cases, medication works very slowly than usual and treatment is needed for pain relief. Also if there's any painkillers advised, you can have that.
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can you share the dosage and other medications here?
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Hi!
As you mentioned it's an antibiotic. Antibiotics help reduce the infection which takes around 3-7 days to resolve. Meanwhile if there is pain which is bothering you then you need to take a pain killer.
The pain will subside once the infection is cleared off if you don't take the painkiller.
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Consult your dentist again and ask him to suggest a painkiller for you.
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These medications are temporary solution and once stopped taking, the pain and infection might reoccur.
Make sure that you get the tooth treated! Take care.
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