I have a horribly painful canker sore, how do i get rid of it, or at least ease the pain???

Answer 1

This sounds funny but it works very well. Get some Maalox and children's liquid benadryl (off brands work just as well). Put an equal amount of each into a container and swish with it. It feels better immediately. A dentist told me about this a few years ago.

Answer 2

There is a product called " Cure- A -Sore " that works very well.(it's a liquid that comes in a small glass brown bottle) Not only to speed healing but to ease pain. I'ts no easy to nfind so you may want to call around or have a pharmacy order it. You can also use Ambisole or some other numbing medication used for tooth ache, these are sold over the counter, it only lasts a few min. at a time. Also if It doesn't improve in 5 days or so it may be worth a doctor trip to be sure that it's not infected.Generally canker sores are caused by a virus which antibiotics won't help, but if you gert a secondary infection it could require antibiotics. Good luck, they do hurt

Answer 3

Just before times when you know you will need to speak, eat, or get to sleep, you can use Ora-gel or Numzit to paint on the canker sore. These products will numb the area for about 20 minutes.

These products can be found in the pharmacy/drug store or in grocery stores. Look in either the baby section (for teething) or in the adult oral section ( for pain reasons such as yours)
Numbing medications will not treat your problem, only temporarily numb the area.

Answer 4

The one that answered about the mixture is right on about that working. Also, you can go by the doctors office and get him to touch it up with a silver nitrate stick and it will "burn" or seal it and soon it will be gone.

Answer 5

there are two kinds of medicines you can get abreva and kanka. they both work very well. you can also use warm salt water to rinse it.