Pain meds for infected wisdom tooth

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Saw dentist yesterday who prescribed 400mg metronidazole, 400mg ibuprofen and 1000mg paracetamol to be taken immediately and repeated at bedtime to get me through the night.

I can't remember what he said about the level of pain meds today. Dentist doesn't open till 9am but I need to take something urgently as it's all worn off.

Can any dentists advise please?

Pop into a pharmacy. IME, paracetamol and ibuprofen won't touch the sides.

I highly recommend Paramol for dental pain (years of abscesses). A pharmacist will talk you through what you can have in a day as well.

You have my sympathy, it's the worst kind of pain and I get migraine!

Thank you , will do