Ever since I started on optifast for the preop diet I've had intense pain in a tooth that needs a root canal. It NEVER hurt until I had to stop eating food and drinking this horrible concoction. I was wondering if this happened to anyone else and what did you do about it? I can't take motrin anymore because my surgery is too close and orajel isn't working at all. At least tomorrow I don't have to drink it anymore but this is ridiculous!

Man, I'm so sorry! That sounds horrible! I never had that happen! I loved the Optifast, especially the chocolate. The only thing I could recomend if orajel isn't working are cough drops called Cepacol. They have a small amount of some kind of anesthia in them, they are awesome! Makes your mouth and throat feel a little numb. The taste isn't great, but they've helped me.

You might want to call your dentist because I believe you may have to drink only liquids post op....depends on what your doctor prescribes.

Don't laugh at me. Please try this and I am sure within 24 hours you will be in much better shape. Again, I don't care how sill you think this is it will help. Go get some Listerene right now and suck it up and swirl it in your mouth and slosh it around that tooth. Suck it up and hold it in there for a minute. Do it 4-5 times today and continue doing it and you will be amazed at how much better it feels within 1-3 days.

I never thought about listerine before. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I took a pain pill from a past surgery last night to stop it and it worked until about 5 minutes ago. Not drinking the optifast has made a huge difference in the severity of the pain though.