Read user comments about the side effects, benefits, and effectiveness of Septocaine injection.
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Reviewer: marntee, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Side effects were anxiety, irritable, and a desire to cry!
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Reviewer: 25-34 Male (Patient)
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the dentist pulled a tooth by using septocaine with epinephrine with alot of side effects wthich made me very sick.
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Reviewer: M.K. Quinn, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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This medication can numb my teeth when all other forms have failed. I was facing having all my teeth extracted rather than continue suffering with other injections which did not work. My dentist finally used Septocaine to numb and drill several teeth for crowns. I only wish I had had this drug available to me years ago.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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It's been about one week since i've had my cavity filled. After the filling was done and over with, my face was swollen and my whole left side felt paralyzed. hat has NEVER happened to me before. It lasted about 7 hours. Then i was in extreme pain and my eye was numb. The next day my cheek bone was sore and my eye was itching and still numb. Now from my top eye tooth to the back molar on t
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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DO NOT USE!. I have been suffering with horrible pain from getting this injection. I feel the need to warn everyone about the pain and suffering this med has caused. Many have had nonrelenting pain for years and facial and tongue numbness which has not gone away. BEWARE!!!
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