Reply #11: Insist on the strongest painkiller you can get, and DON'T let them [View All]

[BlueIris]

give you generic drugs. Generic painkillers are pathetically ineffective and definitely won't save you any money (there's so little narcotic in them that you have to take at least double the prescribing dose to get any relief). Make sure you get the pain management issue cleared up before the surgery, including making sure the DMD writes "Do not substitute" on the actual prescription slip. Then take the painkillers before the anesthetic from the surgery wears off. Also--I realize they're damn annoying, but don't neglect to put the ice packs on your jaws afterward. 90+% of the post-operative pain is caused from swelling around the sutures, and (usually) not the incisions or the remaining holes where the teeth were extracted. I was up and around again the next day.