• Volkditty@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    In Iraq. On guard duty. Go to the med station when I get off. Extracts two teeth, here’s an aspirin, 24 hours bed rest. Back on guard duty.

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      3 months ago

      I hope, you got Paracetamol, or Ibuprofen instead of Aspirin, as the latter is an anticoagulant, which prevents the blood from thickening itself. Other than that, that’s exactly the same medication I got in Germany when my wisdom teeth were extracted: Local anesthetics during the procedure, paracetamol for afterwards and a sick note for one day with the option to get it prolonged if necessary. Outside the US it’s not as common to throw a ton of opioids at minor/medium pains. Which is why the US has an opioid crisis and we don’t.