Oh my God tooth infection not getting better by antibiotics? I am suffering!

[HoosierDebbie]

46. I had an abcessed tooth once and an infected one another time.

That abcessed tooth was probably the worst pain I ever had. Unremitting. I don't remember know what treatment I had for the abcessed tooth, because that was so long ago. The infected one, however, was on Thanksgiving week a couple years ago. A molar with a crown over. The pain started on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. On Monday, I called so many dentists, but finally found one who advertised they were available for emergencies and took me in that day. The dentist prescribed clindimycin, and I think hydrocodone. I ended up getting severe heartburn from the Clindimycin. I called the practice on Wednesday and their office was closed, but there was a service answering the phones. That person contacted the dentist, and he called in a prescription for a Z-pack instead, which seemed to do the trick. The hydrocodone helped with the pain, but what also seemed to help was Ora-gel. I soaked a cotton ball with it, put it over the bad tooth and closed down on it. I changed that periodically and got some relief from it.