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keikokeiko
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Hi there, this is my first time posting after lurking these forums on and off for about the last four years! Since then, I finally built up the courage to see a dentist (well, AFTER the extreme pain from my broken tooth and cheek swelling prompted me to...)
I was told I have an infection in my lower left jaw from my back molar which has been broken for years (maybe since 2012?) and was prescribed Clindamycin 150mg and ibuprofen 800mg on Tuesday. The first round I took I felt great, no pain. But 4 hours later the pain was coming back, so I took another dose.
The label says take four times a day, so every six hours, but the pharmacist told me every four hours. Since I was feeling pain, I went ahead and took it around the four hour mark. The first night I woke up a lot still in pain, and the next morning my jaw swelled up about 3x the size. My boyfriend called the dentist office for me, and they told me to just keep taking the antibiotics and do cold compresses on and off every 15 minutes. Luckily the pain isn’t as bad as the first night, but I woke up this morning and the left side of my lips got a little bit more swollen as well. I’m freaking out a bit because they said if it doesn’t go down I may have to go get it drained at the hospital... is it because I took the medicine too often, am I allergic, or is this normal?? My dentist also said I could double up the dose of antibiotics for the first 2 days after we called.
Ugh, I’m really worried... has anyone else ever been prescribed this before? I thought I would be prescribed amoxicillin since I had that back in 2012 for another infection, but i didn’t have swelling back then... I don’t know what to do! Help??
I was told I have an infection in my lower left jaw from my back molar which has been broken for years (maybe since 2012?) and was prescribed Clindamycin 150mg and ibuprofen 800mg on Tuesday. The first round I took I felt great, no pain. But 4 hours later the pain was coming back, so I took another dose.
The label says take four times a day, so every six hours, but the pharmacist told me every four hours. Since I was feeling pain, I went ahead and took it around the four hour mark. The first night I woke up a lot still in pain, and the next morning my jaw swelled up about 3x the size. My boyfriend called the dentist office for me, and they told me to just keep taking the antibiotics and do cold compresses on and off every 15 minutes. Luckily the pain isn’t as bad as the first night, but I woke up this morning and the left side of my lips got a little bit more swollen as well. I’m freaking out a bit because they said if it doesn’t go down I may have to go get it drained at the hospital... is it because I took the medicine too often, am I allergic, or is this normal?? My dentist also said I could double up the dose of antibiotics for the first 2 days after we called.
Ugh, I’m really worried... has anyone else ever been prescribed this before? I thought I would be prescribed amoxicillin since I had that back in 2012 for another infection, but i didn’t have swelling back then... I don’t know what to do! Help??