If the tooth has ached in the middle of the night or on a Sunday, with a visit to the dentist, you will have to wait a little. But how to survive these several hours of torment? You can use analgin, from the toothache these pills will not be completely relieved, but they can greatly relieve the unpleasant sensations. In addition, analgin is in any medicine cabinet!
Why does analgin help with toothache?
If you have a toothache, analgin will help to solve this problem. But before you take the medicine, you should indicate the cause of the pain. Most often it is:
- caries ;
- damage to enamel integrity (microcracks, chips);
- inflammation of the gums;
- inflammation of the soft tooth body (pulpitis);
- inflammation of the root of the tooth;
- cyst;
- infection.
The main active substance of analgin is methimizole sodium. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent that is characterized by such functions:
- removes inflammation at the local level;
- pains the pain;
- has antipyretic effect;
- may have a local antibacterial effect.
Since methimizone has an acid structure, it is not advisable to use it in damage to enamel and lung caries, this will further aggravate the situation. We want not only to get rid of the pain, but also not to increase the amount of work to the dentist in the future! Therefore, putting analgin on the tooth is not a good idea. If you have a small crack, or easy tooth decay, in a few hours the analgin will eat in the enamel a fairly large hole and expose the pulp. Analginum can be placed on the tooth only if a seal has fallen out, or a fairly large piece of tooth has fallen off. In this case, the preservation of enamel care is useless, and the medicine used directly on the damaged area will work much more effectively.
Dosage of analgin with toothache
If you are not sure that you can put analgin on the tooth without the risk for enamel, it is better to take the medicine inside. First, the anesthetic effect will appear after 20-30 minutes and last 3-4 hours. Secondly, the medicine will help even if you do not have a toothache at all. After all, we all know that sometimes the causes of pain, which we can characterize as dental, are entirely different reasons:
- inflammation of the maxillofacial duct;
- inflammation of the triple nerve;
- otitis;
- frontitis;
- cluster headaches and other diseases not related to the integrity and safety of the teeth.
Analginum is available as a solution for injections, rectal suppositories and tablets. Since in the home medicine cabinet we can most often find the last kind of medicine, we will consider the dosage of analgin in tablets. The daily dose for an adult is 4 capsules, or tablets, but it should be borne in mind that often analgin is contained in other antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs. Therefore, if you use other medications, the number of tablets should be reduced.
Since metimizone has the property of irritating the mucous membrane, analgin should not be used for any diseases of the digestive system, especially gastric ulcer and gastritis . In this case, it is better to take the drug in the form of injection, or candles. To give analgin from toothache to children under 6 years is not recommended at all.
The regimen of treatment with analgin is as follows:
- Drink 1 tablet with plenty of water.
- If within half an hour the pain subsided, further manipulations can be omitted. If not, take another half a tablet of medicine.
- If the swelling of the gum has begun, or there is a hollow in the diseased tooth, a piece of the pill can be placed directly on it. Take the drug inside is no longer necessary.
- After 3-5 hours, you can additionally drink another 1 tablet of analgin.