Author of the article: Lukanina Lyubov Valerievna ( | ) - dentist-therapist, periodontist. Specializes in the fields of: endodontics, aesthetic and functional restoration, professional hygiene and periodontology.
There can be two causes of acute toothache. The first is the appearance and development of pulpitis, against the background of which it develops inflammatory process in the nerves of the tooth. The second reason is when the infection penetrates beyond the tooth itself, forming a purulent abscess at the roots. In this article we will tell you what pain reliever for toothache and how it can be used.
Eat special category, which is aimed at reducing sensations by eliminating the inflammatory process. The second category relieves pain by blocking the entry of specific pain nerve impulses into the brain. All medications used in the process of eliminating toothache come in three subcategories. These are strong painkillers capsules, tablets, Paracetamol and Aspirin preparations, antibiotics.
Painkillers
To relieve pain, you need to take medications based on ketoprofen, ibuprofen, as well as nimesulide and ketorolac. These are the most effective medicinal non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can cope with quite severe pain.
- Nurofen. The most popular pain reliever, characterized by a strong effect. The drug is available in dosages of 200 and 400 mg. Tablets and capsules should not be used by pregnant women and children under 6 years of age. The drug should be taken with caution in the presence of diseases of different parts of the intestines and stomach.
- Ketonal. This product contains the main active ingredient ketoprofen. For severe pain, this is the most effective remedy. The product is available in dosages of 100 and 150 mg, which more quantity main component, the stronger the effect and duration of action. The drug is prohibited for use by pregnant women and children under 18 years of age. It is also not recommended to take painkillers for asthmatics and people with stomach diseases.
- or Ketorol. These are two drugs with the same composition, which belong to the category of non-steroidal modern anti-inflammatory tablets. If you need to remove pain syndrome, you can’t find better treatments than these. You can take pills only in special extreme cases, when the pain becomes unbearable.
- or Nise. These are nimesulide medications. They have a strong analgesic effect and minimum quantity contraindications. They can be taken for high and low intensity pain.
So, if the pain is tolerable, you should use medications containing ibuprofen, for example, Nurofen. For high intensity pain, use Ketorolac or Nimesulide.
Paracetamol for pain
The drugs do not act against the inflammatory process. Like modern analgesics made on the basis of standard NSAIDs, the tablets prevent the transmission of pain impulses of varying intensity to the brain. The effect is that the pain does not go away - the brain just does not recognize it.
Among the most popular Paracetamol products, we highlight Panadol and Efferalgan. Taken by adults in a dosage of 500 mg per. For acute pain, the dosage can be doubled. The advantage of Paracetamol is that it can be used throughout pregnancy.
Aspirin and Analgesics
Aspirin and the well-known drugs help very well. It's affordable, it's enough effective medicines. They are at correct use the pain goes away quickly enough. The usual single dosage of Analgin is 500 mg at a time. The drug should not be taken during pregnancy and lactation, as well as for people suffering from different forms asthma and those with blood disorders.
Aspirin is able to slightly alleviate the general syndrome, as it is characterized by a weak anti-inflammatory effect.
Treatment with antibiotics
Antibiotics act directly on bacteria harmful to the body. For acute pain, medications will not help; they do not block incoming impulses or relieve inflammation.
Antibiotics are taken if there is no acute pain or inflammation. If there is slight discomfort and you are willing to tolerate it for a while, you can undergo a course of antibiotic treatment.
Rinse for toothache
If for some reason it is not possible to take tablets for toothache, if there are certain contraindications, or if you simply don’t have the right drug on hand, the discomfort can be removed with regular rinses. Decoctions from medicinal herbs will help you quickly cope with various negative sensations that can be caused by the inflammatory process in the tooth area.
Pharmacy products
Various inexpensive pharmaceutical products and infusions help very well in the form of a therapeutic rinse. You can buy regular ones. They consist of useful components such as camphor, mint, valerian. It is necessary to soak a piece of cotton wool with the medicinal composition and place it in the cavity of the affected tooth in which a carious hole has formed. Repeat until the pain completely disappears. On average, a tampon is changed every 10 minutes, since it quickly becomes completely saturated with saliva and the overall analgesic effect is reduced.
For rinsing, you can use a decoction of sage, mint, eucalyptus, calamus root, St. John's wort, oregano and calendula. All herbal infusions for rinsing should be cooled or warm, as cold products will not have a positive effect.
For acute pain, you can use a solution of 2% lidocaine. You will need to take a cotton ball, soak it in this solution, and apply it to the sore tooth. Should be used 4-5 times a day. If the inflammation process has spread to nearby tissues, it will have no effect.
Essential oils
As a local anesthetic, you can use ordinary essential oils - sea buckthorn, fir or clove. The method of application here is exactly the same. A small piece of cotton wool is moistened in the prepared oil and applied to the tooth or adjacent gums. This is an ideal method for eliminating teething pain.
A simple pain reliever for toothache
A fairly effective remedy can be found in an ordinary kitchen. It's about baking soda and standard table salt. All of these are natural anti-inflammatory antiseptics, various rinses with which reduce the total number of pathogenic microbes and allow you to relieve severe swelling of tissues.
To prepare a useful anti-inflammatory composition, you will need to take a teaspoon of each product and pour 200 ml of boiling water. As soon as the temperature of the resulting solution is slightly above room temperature, you can rinse.
Experts also advise preparing an effective solution for pain using salt. You need to take the following components:
- Large spoon of salt.
- 10 ml of 10% ammonia.
- Pharmaceutical camphor alcohol in a volume of 10 grams.
Everything mixes up very well in a liter clean water room temperature. A cotton pad is moistened in the resulting solution and placed on the tooth. This ideal remedy, which relieves pain, also relieves inflammation at the same time.
Use of alcohol products
You can use a variety of alcohol tinctures that you have on hand. The most important thing during the rinsing process is not to swallow the product, just a short time hold liquid in mouth and spit. As alcohol tinctures, you can use not only pharmaceutical products, but also cognac and vodka.
Other effective remedies
If numerous carious inflammations are present, a small amount of clove oil can be dropped into the oral cavity. This is enough effective remedy, which is quite often used in the field of modern dentistry. If you don’t have clove oil on hand, but have regular seasoning, you can use it by simply chewing a couple of sprigs of this magical remedy.
Folk remedies for toothache
Toothache is enough serious problem, which people have encountered in all centuries. Dental problems affect everyone, regardless of age or social status. People who take care of their oral cavity in a timely manner, as well as with for preventive purposes visit a specialist and experience toothache much less often.
Wasn't there before medicines, only natural ones were used folk remedies. There are many remedies whose effects even scientists cannot explain. Here are the simplest and at the same time effective methods traditional medicine for toothache.
Treatment with lard
This simple pain reliever for toothache is one of those mysterious remedies. To relieve discomfort and restore your normal lifestyle, you will need to take a small piece of lard and place it between your cheek and the sore tooth. As remedy you need to use unsalted lard. You can use salted water after washing thoroughly.
Rusty Nail
This is another exotic remedy for toothache. This item is used to prepare a special medicinal ointment. To obtain the remedy, you need to perform the following steps: Take a rusty nail, the older the better. The nail becomes red-hot. The item is placed in a pan where ordinary linden honey has been preheated. The whole thing is heated until the mixture turns black as tar.
Once the composition has cooled a little, it can be used as a lubricant for the area around the sore tooth. Painful sensations usually go away fairly quickly, but if an abscess or purulent abscess has formed as a result of inflammation, the composition should be used for several days until the fistula opens. Once the pus is completely removed, everything discomfort will disappear.
Garlic and onion
These products are in every person's refrigerator. You need to take a piece of one of them and apply it to the tooth. Garlic and onions are able to have an ideal antiseptic effect, so everything goes away very quickly painful sensations and inflammation.
Propolis for toothache
Propolis will help get rid of severe toothache. You can use the product in the form of plates or as an alcohol tincture. Along with the anti-inflammatory effect, the drug gives a strong anesthetic effect, so literally after a couple of days of use, the pain in the area of the inflamed tooth completely goes away.
If used alcohol tincture, a few drops of it are poured into a glass of water and the resulting composition is rinsed. You can also simply soak a cotton swab in the mixture and apply it to the cavity eaten away by caries.
Summing up
All painkillers presented should be used while waiting for a doctor's appointment. These remedies and medications will not eliminate caries and inflammation will appear again. All this is only a temporary effect, which does not relieve you from visiting the dentist at all.
If none of the above remedies help, which happens quite often, if there is severe swelling or the temperature rises, you should get ready and go to a 24-hour dental clinic. After removing the initial pain and inflammation, you need to make an appointment with a professional dentist and spare no expense and time for complete and high-quality dental treatment.
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Enamels, caries, pulpitis, periodontitis, granuloma, cyst and some other diseases. Sometimes it appears as a result of inflammation of the nasal sinuses or exposure to cold air. If you can’t immediately go to the dentist, tablets for toothache will provide temporary help. In order to cause as little harm to the body as possible, mild painkillers are used for mild syndromes. If it is unbearable, strong toothache medications are needed.
List of tablets for toothache
The generally accepted tablets used for toothache are presented in the following list:
- "Paracetamol";
- “Analgin” / “Andipal-Neo” / “Pentalgin” / “Bral” / “Tempalgin” / “Sedalgin” / “Baralgin”;
- "Dexalgin";
- "Spazmalgon";
- "Nurofen" / "Ibuklin" / "Ibuprofen";
- "Nise" / "Nimesil" / "Aktasulide" / "Nimesulide";
- “Ketanov” / “Ketorolac” / “Ketorol” / “Ketolong”;
- "Morphine" / "Fentanyl" / "Promedone".
Note! Long-term use of painkillers can seriously harm your health. This is dangerous, first of all, for the kidneys, blood vessels, liver and gastrointestinal tract.
Low intensity pain
In this case, it is better to get by with ordinary Paracetamol. This is the most inexpensive and harmless drug designed to relieve low-intensity pain. With prolonged use, the drug becomes less effective. Paracetamol is included in many cold medications (Panadol, Milistan, Anaferon, etc.) If the sensations are more pronounced, Analgin will help. This medicine has many analogues with the same active ingredient: “Baralgin”, “Andipal”, “Tempalgin”, “Bral” and others.
These tablets and their analogues are well absorbed and reach high concentrations in the blood. A drug called Pentalgin even copes with severe toothache when other similar tablets do not help. This is explained by the fact that it contains anti-inflammatory substances, antispasmodics, narcotic analgesics and caffeine.
Note! "Analgin", "Paracetamol" and similar drugs should not be taken on an empty stomach or for more than three days in a row. These tablets should not be taken with caffeinated drinks due to possible harm for the liver.
Sharp, shooting pains
In case of sudden and intense twitching in the tooth, a potent drug will help. A popular strong pain reliever for toothache is “Ketanov” (the active ingredient is ketorolac). It is available in ampoules and tablets. The drug inhibits the action of enzymes that cause inflammation and pain, without causing dependence or affecting work nervous system. Analogues - “Ketorol”, “Ketorolac”, “Ketolong”. The effect of the tablet begins after half an hour, and the injection after an hour.
A strong pain reliever for toothache is also represented by the tablets “Nise”, “Nimesil”, “Nimesulide” and “Aktasulide”. The name of the active substance of the listed drugs is nimesulide. “Nise” is available in the form of anesthetic suspensions and tablets that dissolve in the mouth and quickly relieve toothache. They are prescribed even to children from 2 years old. "Nimesil" is sold only in powder form for the preparation of a suspension. "Nimesulide" - in tablets and granules. "Actasulide" is available in the following dosage forms: regular and dispersible tablets, granules for suspension, suspension.
Aching toothaches
What painkillers are best to take for aching toothache? She is overcome with the help of a tandem of a conventional anesthetic and an antispasmodic: “Papaverine”, “No-shpa”. The latter are designed to cope with muscle spasms, so in themselves they are not good drugs for toothache. But if you drink them together with analgesics, the desired effect will most likely be achieved. When inflammation spreads to soft fabrics the best remedy Spazmalgon can be used for toothache. It contains a substance that is the basis of Analgin, as well as an effective antispasmodic. The drug “Bral” has a similar composition, which is often used for toothache.
Unbearable pain
When the usual analgesics do not help, you should resort to narcotic drugs against toothache, intended exclusively for adults. But they should be taken with caution, given the effect on consciousness and possible addiction. Popular means containing narcotic substances are: “Morphine”, “Fentanyl” and “Promedol”.
Unlike other pain relievers, these powerful drugs do not interfere with enzyme function. They block the nerve impulse traveling from the diseased tooth to the brain. Such medications cannot be purchased at a pharmacy without a prescription, and therefore they are rarely used. This is available to those who, after treating other diseases, still have a tablet or ampoule of such a drug.
Traditional medicines for toothaches
Note! When choosing a pain reliever, you need to carefully consider side effects, and then compare the risks. For a child, you can buy children's Nurofen, Panadol or a similar product.
Homeopathy
No homeopathic remedy can replace strong painkillers for toothache, but such a drug can bring some relief, although not instantaneous. IN in this case It is important to make the right choice, taking into account the etiology of the pain syndrome.
List homeopathic medicines for toothache looks like this:
- "Aconite" - will help relieve pain in the mouth that appears as a result of a cold.
- “Coffea” is a homeopathic pain reliever that helps with toothache that occurs due to stress.
- "Arnica" - herbal preparation, effective for injuries.
- “Nuxmoshata” are homeopathic painkillers that are effective against toothache caused by hypothermia or dampness.
The fastest and most reliable way to alleviate suffering at home before going to the dentist is to use a special drug from your first aid kit. Those who are opposed to such medications, those who are in poor health or who are afraid of harming themselves, as well as those who have limited access to medications, can use other methods to relieve aching teeth.
To achieve pain relief from a toothache, you need to clear your mouth of food debris and rinse it warm water. Next, you can try rinsing the tooth soda solution, sage decoction or cranberry juice. Or apply cotton wool soaked in volocardine, valerian or special dental drops to it. Instead of taking a toothache tablet, you can try sprinkling a few drops on the problem tooth. essential oil eucalyptus, cloves, chamomile or any other. Another option is to add chopped onion or garlic or a pinch of salt.
In those days when analgesic drugs did not yet exist, people were saved in many other ways. Some of them have become firmly established among the people and are still actively used today. Let's consider which painkillers for toothache are popularly considered the best and strongest.
- Garlic dressing. According to many who have tested its effect on themselves, this best medicine for toothache. It is necessary to chop two or three cloves of garlic and wrap them in a handkerchief or gauze (the juice should not leak out). After this, you need to tie a garlic bandage to the wrist of the hand on which the tooth hurts. After 15-20 minutes the pain will subside. This remedy helps with mild and severe toothache.
- Garlic compress. A piece of garlic is applied to the inflamed area. You should not hold it for a long time, otherwise a burn to the mucous membrane will occur.
- Slice of lard. A small piece of well-salted lard should be applied to the gum. Mild pain will pass.
- Ear massage. You should actively massage the ear located on the side of the diseased tooth, starting from its upper part and going down to the lobe. This way you can avoid searching for an answer to the question - which medicine is better to choose for severe toothache?
- Ice. It is necessary to forcefully move the ice cube along the palm of your left hand if the aching tooth is on the right, and vice versa. You should focus on the area between your index finger and thumb.
- Onion cutting. This is a well-known, but not the most effective remedy for moderate toothache, but to some extent it can help. Cutting onions is necessary to cry. As a result, scientists say, pressure in the gums decreases and the symptom subsides.
- Gargling with herbal decoctions. It should be repeated often. Chamomile, sage, plantain, oregano, calendula and lemon balm have an analgesic effect for toothache.
- adoption of a horizontal body position;
- warming up a diseased tooth;
- jaw movements.
What to do if a woman has a toothache when she cannot immediately get to the dentist? Or, for example, is it too painful to peck? Doctors disagree on which painkillers to prescribe for pregnant women for toothache. But they agreed on some things.
Dentists consider Paracetamol to be the best painkiller for toothache. Nurofen is considered relatively safe, but only up to 30 weeks, as oligohydramnios may develop further. In some cases, a long-known effective remedy for toothache in the form of tablets, Aspirin, is prescribed, but not in the very early weeks. It is especially important for pregnant women to choose the right medicines and don’t delay going to the dentist.
Prohibited during pregnancy
During pregnancy and lactation, it is best to avoid taking painkillers for toothache. The instructions that come with them usually indicate this. If you still can’t go to the doctor, and folk remedies don’t relieve the pain, you can take Paracetamol or, if necessary, resort to one of the most powerful painkillers for toothache.
Important! During pregnancy, it is prohibited to take medications containing narcotic substances. They are considered the most powerful painkillers for toothache, but also the most unsafe for the embryo.
During pregnancy, intake medications acceptable in the most extreme cases, when other options do not help or are not available. Even the best painkiller for treating toothache, if taken repeatedly, can lead to extreme negative consequences for mother and fetus. Doctors are not able to accurately predict the development of events in such a situation, but they can accurately predict an unfavorable outcome.
How to quickly relieve toothache without pills?
When going on a long trip or hike, you need to imagine all the possible situations that may arise. Dental disease cannot be ruled out. In this case, you should buy the best of weak and strong painkillers for toothache. At home, such funds will also not be superfluous. What will instantly relieve a painful symptom if there is no analgesic used for toothache? Already after 10-20 minutes the analgesic effect of such drugs is felt:
- Essential oils- apply to the tooth directly or through a piece of cotton wool.
- Garlic dressing- Place on the wrist on the side of the diseased tooth.
- Massage- you need to intensively rub either the ear or the palm - the area where the index and thumb connect.
- Saline solution with iodine- such a rinse will become good remedy from toothache, when the soft tissues in the mouth are seized.
- Cold compress- apply to the cheek on the problematic side.
- Vodka- Rinsing for two or three minutes may provide relief.
Note! If the condition is accompanied by severe swelling of the gums and cheeks, increased body temperature or bleeding, in no case should you wait. Even the best painkillers don't get to the root of the problem. In this case, it is necessary to call an ambulance.
Today there is no shortage of effective painkillers to help with toothache. However, it is important not to abuse this opportunity to easily and quickly get rid of the painful syndrome. We must not forget that each of these drugs has a long list of contraindications and side effects.
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