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Anti-inflammatory medications are usually better than pain killers on toothaches, because most toothaches are usually caused by inflammation due to an infection (abscess).
Codeine is a narcotic pain killer, and does nothing for inflammation. It will lessen the pain, though. A toothache is a good example of when an analgesic and an anti-inflammatory will complement each other well. I'd take about 400 mg of ibuprofen, on a full stomach, for a toothache - after making a dentist appointment. He/she might give you a Rx for some Tylenol 3, which has codeine in it. Tylenol does not reduce swelling, though.
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