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I have a ruptured ear drum, and pain medication wasn't working well. so the doctor upped my dosage from 400-600 mg. yet here i am, i have been lying in bed for 1.5 hours, and nothing has lessened the pain yet. why is this and what can i do to make it wo
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Ruptured TM: Ruptured tympanic membrane (eardrum) can be painful. See http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ruptured-eardrum/basics/definition/con-20023778 for more info. As always, if you don't receive expected benefit from medication or suffer from potential side effect, contact prescribing doc. In this case, you may need more (stronger) pain meds. And get checked out for potential infection, too.
Answered 9/27/2015
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