Vicodin.

[randomness]

I wouldn't drive on this stuff, but it's not like it really puts me out, either. I do feel like I've lost some sensation from the periphery of my body. Also, there's some dissociation going on, I think. (Definitely wouldn't drive on it. :) )

It does seem to work in relieving the throbbing from the implant. (The pain from the implant has been a bit more persistent than most of the other dental work I've had lately.) I mean, I can't feel it at all, although some of that seems to be the 800mg of ibuprofen I'm being prescribed at the same time.

Overall, this is good, because the throbbing was keeping me from sleeping.

Comments

[redbird]

Yes, vicodin is useful stuff, and yes I can mostly function on it (though it doesn't improve alertness or processing speed, of course), and taking ibuprofen or other NSAIDs along with helps. One trick I learned from a British friend: take the vicodin at hour 0, then ibuprofen at hour 2, and repeat each every four hours after you started it. (They recommended this with just acetominophen and ibuprofen, but it works well with vicodin or percocet and ibuprofen.)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Good trick! I started doing that during one really bad bout of the flu.

I find that the vicodin works quite well with ibuprofen.