I agree with how painful it can be. I had to have 2 RCs within 2 months. Talk about pain before I had them done. My dentist gave me Vicodin and it did not help one bit. He also gave me an antibiotic which seemed to help. My thoughts are with you. Too bad you couldn't come up here. My dentist is great. I am a big wimp when it comes to going to the dentist so now I will drive close to an hour just to go to him because he knows how wimpy I am. I wish I had some advice for you. Hang in there.