The shots only last for about 45 minutes. The doctor is amazed. He said that it should last for 2-4 hours. I am in so much pain. And this is not the first time. It is every time.
Any ideas?
2007-06-01 05:56:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Some people simply aren't affected by Novocaine; you would appear to be one of them. There are plenty of other numbing anesthesias available to your dentist; if he hasn't tried a different one, then you need to find another dentist. If all else fails, you can be put under a light general anesthesia to have dental work done; there's certainly NO reason for you to have to deal with pain during dental work!
2007-06-01 06:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some people's biochemistry is such that pain killers don't work well/much/at all.
Have you ever met someone that can drink like a fish, so drunk that *you* are empathically feeling the hangover (s)he's going to have in a few hours...then they have absolutely no negative side-effects...ever? I do. Same sort of thing. My friend had his finger crushed between two engine blocks. Four ring blocks later, *none* of them had any effect.
Add in how infected something is...the more infected/irritated the less likely the pain killer will work.
Last time I went in for surgery (Day surgery for all 4 wisdom teeth being removed), I clearly remember reaching "34" when counting down from 100. I have spotty recall of numbers below that, but, shortly after 25 or so I have no memories until I awoke in the recovery room afterwords. I was told I started waking up halfway through the surgery too, and they had to dose me again.
Your metabolism and body chemistry effect how well, and how long a drug will effect you. You happen to (unfortunately) have either a high tolerance for the narcotic in question, or your body simply metabolises it too fast.
Incidentally, as for having the surgery under a general anaesthesia...remember that every time you go under a general, you are risking possible...permanent...consequences, although that is *very* rare, given the number of surgeries performed daily.
2007-06-01 13:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa! That happens to me too. Once I had 5 shots and never got numb. My dentist was also amazed and didn't have an explanation for it. He did say though that people who do drugs (heroin I think) usually don't get numb from Novocaine but I don't do any drugs!!!
2007-06-01 13:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On some people it just doesn't work, my doctor always recommends taking a motrin 600 before I get there, and if there is an infection sometimes novocaine doesn't work as good and as long.
2007-06-01 13:13:30 · answer #4 · answered by Tommy's_Sweet_Girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Novocaine doesn't work on everyone in a consistent manner. It could be your metabolism, whatever. You can attempt to possibly look to be knocked out. Its possible, people have done this...its not cheap.
2007-06-01 13:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by What, what, what?? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well it might be be cause you have a highr tollerence to the drug like i do but i may also be that u just diddnt know that u were effect cause u saw them working so u could have imagined the pain
2007-06-01 13:02:44 · answer #6 · answered by d the lepricon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your ammuned to it, also if your a red head, i know this sounds silly but it is true, your also harder to put to sleep, i cant remember the name for it, when your going to have sergery and they put the needle in your arm to put you to sleep, that also is hard for a red head to take. strange i know, i am redished hair, and i have the same problem!
2007-06-01 13:00:56 · answer #7 · answered by Hotonic 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Same thing happens to me, it doesn't work at all on my sister and my brother...I guess it's genetics.
2007-06-01 12:59:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋