[ams6110]

> 2 months worth of oxy for getting wisdom teeth pulled kind of thing

Surely this is not the norm? My son had his wisdom teeth out a few years ago, they gave him about a day's worth of hydrocodone and told him to take Tylenol after that. And all the doctors my family has seen for the past couple of decades have been pretty conservative about prescribing anything narcotic for pain.

[akuji1993]

Here in the EU, the doctor didn't give me any strong opiod. They just pulled the tooth and sent me home. When the pain reached a score of 8 / 10 on my personal score card, I took one Tylenol and another 1/2 before bed that day and didn't take anything else the next day.

[maccard]

> When the pain reached a score of 8 / 10 on my personal score card, I took one Tylenol

What's a 10/10 on your personal score card, out of interest? I hope you understand that your 8/10 may be akin to a 2/10 for someone else.

[akuji1993]

It might also have been a 7/10. When I had surgery on my back, right above my buttocks, they dug a hole deep right onto my bone and then it had to heal on its own, took 4 months to close. The first two days were a solid 9.5/10.

[freeflight]

Yup same here in Germany, you can ask for something against the pain, but that will usually only get you a prescription for Ibuprofen 600/800 mg.

Took those way to long over jaw issues until I got stomach problems, asked the dentist for something else and he prescribed metamizole drops.

Didn't use many of those as they sometimes give me kidney pains.

[mrguyorama]

Both my sister and I received A few days worth of Hydros despite being particularly gentle wisdom teeth removals, in her case eating solid food hours later. I took one and probably didn't even need that. This was a very drug prone and poor area.

If they wanted to, they could have gotten away with "take extra strength Ibuprofen", but what is their incentive to do that? They don't want patients telling the next guy "It hurt a lot" after.

[toomanybeersies]

I'm from New Zealand. I had two molars pulled out when I was 15 to fix an overbite problem. It was a serious enough procedure that they gave me an IV anesthetic.

All they prescribed me afterwards was ibuprofen. The general rule around here seems to be that if they're not using a knife, they don't give you opioids. I had to get 6 stitches in my head a few years ago, and they refused to give me anything stronger than ibuprofen again.

[solean]

I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled 8 years ago (USA). Was given 60 Lortab pills for pain. I only took 1 the day after the operation, the pain really was not bad at all. Insanity.