Re: Dizziness and Weakness

Thank you for your concern.

He started the dizziness and shaking and nausea the very night of the dental extraction, before he started taking the prescriptions. He had 7 (SEVEN) needles for pain during the procedure. Don't know what it was, but she knows he has a heart condition so she was supposed to give him something without nepranephrin (spelling ?) in it. PLUS some kinda awful tasting stuff on his gums to numb them first before she'd give the needles. This ran down his throat and he couldn't swallow for a time because it numbed his throat. She insisted that he drink water and continue to try to swallow before she'd continue with the extraction.

It was 36 hours later before he decided to take the meds she prescribed. One Tylenol with codeine, that's all. Then 24 hours after that darvacet for pain, one every 8 hours, it did not work, so he stopped it. Only took about 3. He took 4 IB's at a time every 8-10 hours for a couple days, which took the edge off the pain but that's all. Some kind of pill for swelling, once a day, he didn't finish it because he is still swollen and it didn't help. Sorry I don't know what it was as I threw it in the garbage and it's now in the dump. Then Amoxicillian antibiotic. He took 16 of those until our daughter's orthodontist (I had to take daughter there during this episode of my husband's and I talked to him about hubby), said that antibiotic's won't help with dry socket. So, we pitched those Antibiotics too.

He has had two packs in his dry socket now, one being yesterday. But, that's the only way to get the dry socket to heal. He has a hole 1/2" deep and she cut into the bone to get the tooth out and the pain is unbearable.

I guess the packs in his tooth can be causing the dizziness, nausea, weakness, etc., although she (dentist) says that has nothing to do with it. I would imagine his liver is overloaded with these meds, but it could have been worse, as he didn't take all of any of them. Especially since his gall bladder is so comprimised from the large gall stone that he's been fighting for a year now. And who knows how many years this things been growing to get to such a large size. He just had symptoms that began July 2001.

Again, I appreciate, so much, everyone's great help with their testimonies and ideas. It makes us feel like we're not alone in this situation. Thank you so much, everyone. Tweet