Dear Waves,
I found almost nothing on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indometacin
-- wikipedia says should always be taken with food
--wikipedia says psychosis has been reported with long term use
-apparently it interferes with lithium
I don't much of anything about this re bipolar, mania, mood disorders, or depression.
I found a study about prolonged use:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/25qfqpvf8ghct602/
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs with Adverse Psychiatric Reactions: Five Case Reports
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We describe here five psychiatric outpatients, two with major depressive disorders, one bipolar disorder, one schizophrenic disorder and one anxiety disorder, who were treated with NSAIDs for pain due to rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or other painful neuromuscular conditions. All five patients developed a moderate to severe depressive state, three patients became obviously paranoid, and four had either thoughts of suicide or an attempt while undergoing co-administration of NSAIDs. The psychiatric symptoms remitted when the NSAIDs were stopped.
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Here is an article about two days of use:
Mania and Indomethacin
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In the course of her outpatient evaluation, the patient sought care from an orthopedic surgeon for arthritic lower back pain. She was started on indomethacin 50 mg twice daily. After 2 days of indomethacin, she presented with hypersensitivity and a complaint of racing thoughts.
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Here is my two cents.
The decision to take the medicine might depend on how complicated the tooth extraction is expected to be. Also it depends on the severity of the headache.
I think if you need one or two doses of the pill you could be ok. You can watch yourself and take a benzo as soon as you feel the med giving you too much energy.
You and I have gone through this will my wisdom teeth extractions. My dentist at the time had me ice that part of the mount (from the out side of course) for part of the day after the extraction and he asked me to eat ice cream (no pieces in it like fruit or nuts) for about 24 hours. That much milk protein upsets my stomach so I really did eat ice cream and froz yogurt for about 36 hours. In other words, stay away from hot foods.
This is taking longer than I thought it would.
Good luck.
M.