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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp
I am having massive pain right now lol.
Tyneol only seems to work for about 4 to 5 hours and then it gets very painful @@.
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Tylenol is only hiding the pain. You should be alternating tylenol and an anti inflamitory. I found Aleve worked really well for me but in general it works better for me than Advil.
The swelling is what's causing the pain and unless you do something about THAT you're just prolonging your pain.
Take a Tylenol, then two hours later an anti inflammatory, and then two hours later Tylenol, then two hours later anti inflammatory and so on (unless you have liver trouble, then skip the Tylenol completely). Don't ever let it wear off, or you'll feel more pain and take more pain killers in the end. After a day you should feel well enough to cut out the pain killer but keep up the anti inflammatory for a few more days.
Alternating hot and cold on your jaw can help too.