two weeks ago l went into the dentist and she started a root canal on one of my teeth. she left the tooth open with cotton so that it could drains etc., and during the past too weeks l had no pain whatsoever with the tooth.today l just went in to get the root canal completed and l am in excruciating pain. already with the anesthetic, halfway through the root canal l was experiencing bad throbbing pain, so they had to numb me even more. now l am at work and my tooth hurts like it has neve hurt before. i'm talking excruciating pain. she gave me two motrins with l dont know how many milligrams, but they're not helping. two weeks ago she also gave me penicillin and vicodin in case there was pain, but l did not need it. at the time, l forgot to take the penicillin, so l just started taking it a couple of days ago. do you think because l havent been taking the antibiotics, this is why i'm having this pain? by the way, there is no crown, its just a temporary filling for now. will the pain go away? when can l take vicodin after this motrin has worn off? help! i'm hurtinggg

Take the vicodin. If you took the motrin a few hours ago, take the vicodin. Just make sure you're okay to drive, they have a tendency to make one loopy.
If there was an infection, your dentist probably would have noticed it today. l had the same thing happen to me. It sucked, and it took a few days to go away.

You were given the penicillin for a reason. To kill the infection in ur tooth. The root canal is done to remove the dead root. Did u have pain before the root canal? l myself have had 3 root canals. The reason it hurts so bad now is because there is infection. If u would of taken the penicillin when ur dr gave it to you, u would be fine by now. But since u didn't. u hurt. Continue taking the penicillin & in 2-3 days the pain should go away. ALSO DO NOT WAIT FOREVER TO GET YOUR CROWN! Then longer u wait the more u risk that tooth breaking & u having to get it extracted.