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nickolas80@gmail.com - 21 Apr 2005 13:11 GMT

The doc has put me on Penicillin for my broken tooth toothache, until I
can get in to get it pulled. How long should the antibiotic take to
start relieving the pain?

thanks,
Nickolas

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Dr Steve - 21 Apr 2005 13:21 GMT

3-4 days

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> The doc has put me on Penicillin for my broken tooth toothache, until I
> can get in to get it pulled. How long should the antibiotic take to
> start relieving the pain?
>
> thanks,
> Nickolas

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charasmatic_joker@yahoo.com - 21 Apr 2005 14:10 GMT

great, thanks the quick answer. after i complete the 7 days of pills,
how long before I should expect the pain to come back?

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Dr. Steve - 23 Apr 2005 15:15 GMT

>great, thanks the quick answer. after i complete the 7 days of pills,
>how long before I should expect the pain to come back?

Variable.

Might be day, weeks, or months.

when if returns it is often worse than before.
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Stormin Mormon - 21 Apr 2005 14:34 GMT

Penicillin interferes with cell division. The average life of a bacterial
cell is a couple days (depends on the species, and I can't remember back to
my college days. I'm thinking 4-5 days).

You should start to feel relief in 2-3 days. However, it is essential to
take the medication for the full time prescribed. After a couple days, you
still have bacteria who are in the early stages of growth. If you stop
taking the meds, the infection will come back much worse than before.

Injected anaesthetics don't work as well in the case of infection, so it is
important to treat the infection for this reason, also.

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The doc has put me on Penicillin for my broken tooth toothache, until I
can get in to get it pulled. How long should the antibiotic take to
start relieving the pain?

thanks,
Nickolas

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Shyster - 23 Apr 2005 08:01 GMT

> The doc has put me on Penicillin for my broken tooth toothache, until I
> can get in to get it pulled. How long should the antibiotic take to
> start relieving the pain?

about a day to 1 1/2 days

that's my experience

> thanks,
> Nickolas

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