[Shaymus]

On the 21st i have a dentist appointment and im getting a tooth taken out thats been broken for a couple years. But now i have insurance and my mom is helping with the rest. Im being put under cause i am very bad with physical pain. I cant take it at all,i freak out at even the possibility of it. Now heres my question,they are im sure going to give me a pain med and im worried it will be vicadin. That stinks cause that stuff just doesnt work for me. Even if i take four of them it barely dents it. What does work is codeine. Can i tell the dentist that or will he think im some codeine addict and refuse to give it to me? Is this fear i have part of my anxiety and it will be fine if i tell him that? Haha this is somewhat normal for me. I remember when i was younger being very afraid i was going to get carded when i bought alcohol. I was 22 and had my lisence with me at the time,whats it matter if they card me? I dunno but my heart would pound still like i was underage.

I guess the main question is,,,,is it ok to ask the dentist for codeine or will that make it a sure thing ill get something else?(like vicadin)

[ktp]

Shaymus:
My advice is just to tell the dentist that Vicodin doesn't work for you. This is assuming that they will send you home with pain meds. Be sure to tell him of your lowered tolerance for pain and I'm sure he'll be sympathetic. I completely understand about your fear of pain and dentists, etc. I am 27 and can't bring myself to go even though I NEED to really bad and I have dental insurance. LOL. And I was just telling my kids, it's nothing to be afraid of. But then again, I'm afraid to leave the house....I'm also really weird about getting carded, it feels like being a kid and getting caught doing something you're not supposed to !

Take Care and good luck!

[startingrtnow]

vicoden/percocet is hydrocodene with tylenol added.
All that stuff is the same just like the different brands of aspirin; they just are different milligrams or have something added to it but the main pain killer is always codene.

[Shaymus]

They gave me my codeine so there must be some difference. I thought the vicoden was like synthetic codeine and the other stuff was the real stuff? Either way even if its in my head i need to see the codeine there or my pain doesnt get touched hardly at all.