Dental pain,excess bleeding,yet to undergo root canal treatment,consumes xarelto   from long term. Recommendation?
Patient: Hi, my 78 yr old mother takes xareltto for long term AF. She currently has severe dental pain. Its sunday and she has appt for root canal treatment tomorrow. She hasnt taken her xarelto since friday, as the last dental appointment resulted in axcess bleeding . What is a safe strong pain killer for her to take now until her appt. She has some endone tablets left over from a previous occasion some time ago, but is itsafefor her to have them? We are in Australia. Thanks Laurie. Doctor: Hello Laurie.Thanks for sharing your query.I have gone through your concern and it seems that the tooth which is paining and advised for root canal is carious one and the treatment is started to remove the the pulp so  bleeding occured in last appointment. bleeding in exess can be because of underlying infection or the medicine xareltto also causes unusual bleeding from wound.  I would advice you to consult her physician before stopping with the xareltto medicine and taking pain killer. As pain killers like Endone can increase the bleeding.Take Care.Thank you.