Apologies for any weird formatting. I’m a lurker with no idea how to post. For context, I live in the USA, asscrack of the planet.
I had a surgical extraction of a broken tooth at an oral surgeon in a town about an hour away from me. It was a little bit brutal, so I was told to load up on the prescribed ibuprofen/acetominophen and start antibiotics that evening after surgery. After the hour drive home, I went to the pharmacy that I had listed in my paperwork. They had no scripts for me since last year. I called the surgeon’s office. The woman on the phone said she saw them in her system, had an hour left in her shift, and would call me if she saw them sent out. I told her not to worry, that the pharmacy would contact me as soon as they received it. I assumed there was no way they’d leave a patient without post-op meds. Well, I was wrong.
They never sent my prescriptions before closing up for the weekend.
The office doesn’t have an emergency number of any kind. Voicemails or text messages can be left for them to check on Monday. What in the world do I do or even say to these incompetent assholes?
I’m managing my pain with my own medication, but it’s expensive, and they sure as hell aren’t antibiotics. I’m broke, if that helps.
You rock! I can’t really play any nitrous games due to my tendency to win respiratory problem prizes, but that might be the most clever/productive application I’ve heard since whipped cream. Ice has been incredible. Your salt water idea makes me wonder if I could do an epsom salt compress on the site like an icepack. Thank you!
Your very welcome, I’m glad it’s working. I had a few terrible budget dental experiences over the years so I feel your frustration and pain. Hang in there! Report the fucker to your states “board of pharmacy” if they still have one… and make sure to let the office staff know you intend to — nothing puts the fear of god in them like the kinds of audit they will do :-)
I’m not sure about a compress… the rinse comes directly from getting impacted wisdom teeth extracted, so I know that’s solid… to much salenity might end up over-drying the area which could lead to a painful condition called a dry socket.
Dry socket comes from dislodging the …(GORE DISCLAIMER) blood clot from the empty tooth socket before it can harden and heal. Epsom salt wont cause that, but the dehyration of the area via salts sure as hell wouldn’t help. I totally get the conern, though! Had to look it up to be sure
I’m obviously not a dentist, just a guy who’s had 3 teeth extracted over the years. So that’s where the salt rinses came from… I should probably have included that the instructions were 3x per day.
Somewhat obviously they used the giggle-gas… but that’s more personal preference. Obviously that’s generally done with medical supervision. The extraction I will never forget (~30 years later) was a sham dental plan where they ended up wanting an extra few hundred bucks for it that I couldn’t afford.