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[quote=Anonymous]When I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth out at 23 under twilight sedation, I had a phobia of developing opioid-induced constipation and refused to take my Percocet. Instead I alternated 800mg Advil and 1000 mg Extra Strength Tylenol every 3 hours (so Tylenol at 3pm, Advil at 6pm, Tylenol at 9pm, etc). This included setting alarms during the night so as not to allow the pain to get away from me. It worked absolutely fine. The worst I had was a dull headache for a bit. By day 3 I had dropped the Tylenol and started weaning down to a regular dose of Advil.

One caution: I had an atypical infection. It may have started as soon as 3 days after the procedure, but I didn't notice it for almost 2 months because all the information said an infection would be accompanied by fever and terrible pain so you'd definitely know. Well, I had neither of those things, just mild tenderness and swelling that wouldn't go away, but it did not become obvious that something was wrong other than just slower healing at one side until about 2 months in when it started draining pus and I finally realized what was going on. The oral surgeon freaked out. It took 2 different antibiotics to get rid of it. No permanent damage and I was never in serious pain, but don't assume it can't get infected because it's been too long. [/quote]

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