Paula, why is carbacaine better than lidocaine? I am also having work done at the end of this month, removing a large, old mercury filling and replacing with a partial crown and also two smaller mercury fillings to be replaced. Thanks, Jess -----Original Message----- From: Paula Samuels Anthis [mailto:npalacios...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:19 PM To: Silver-Eskimo Forum Subject: CS>Mercury Filling removal - anesthesia
Just an FYI....IF IF IF there is any overlaying illness such as chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia/hypothyroidism/MCS/EI present we may not clear the usual local mouth anesthesia of have a mild reaction we have considered normal just because it is the way we have always felt after dental work requiring injection anesthesia. I am thankful a dentist actually lookd at my medical history and said "You know I just attended a workshop and they said that Carbocaine is the anesthesia of choice for folks like you because it does not clear by the same pathways that lidocaine does and they said that since the epinepherine can cause you some problems too, I'll use plain Carbocaine". WOW the difference in recovery was amazing, none of the jaw sensations or body flu like symptoms. He was also the doc that refused to use a dam in my mouth because " It would take so much time in my chair and you will do just fine" when he removed a mercury filling. I was at the very end of dental insurance and he was willing to say I needed the fillings replaced, soooooooo. I had to go through major detox because he would not use that dam, and probably because so far as I knew it was the last mercury in my mouth......and I could not afford a biologic dentist. Although I have not had any need for any mouth anesthesia in the last 8 years (Yea!). I have made my new dentist note that if I need injectable anesthesia he is to use only Carbocaine for me - - - reply from dental tech and dentist "No problem, we have it right here" as the tech reached into the drawer to show it to me. Pat, we are hoping things go well for the mercury removal! Blessings from Paula
