In reply to teflonpete:
Tooth pain at night is the pits. It's amazing how rapidly a rational man of science degenerates to trying herbal remedies suggested by the internet at 3am when all other avenues (baring a self extraction) are closed.
You may wish to look into ibuprofen+codeine which is also available over the counter, as well as paracetemol+codeine, aka co-codamol. As someone who has no problems with NSAIDS (e.g. ibuprofen, diclofenac) this is a much more palatable way of legally getting codeine in a sufficient dose (without a proscription), as I for one am less concerned about batching a days maximum allowance of ibuprofen up into an 8 hour sleep period than I am paracetemol. There are plenty of reasons why this is a horrifically dumb thing to do though.
Plenty of warnings abound on mixing opiates and alcohol, and making a regular habit of mixing NSAIDS and alcohol could speed up stomach ulcer formation etc.
You can try a non pharmacological approach of ice pack and hot packs on your face, and sometimes I try sucking very hard with my mouth closed, if it's a bad one you can taste the infection which must mean it's being drawn out... No sugar before bed, try and get food straight down your throat without contacting your teeth, drink only water, clean them thoroughly several hours before sleep then nil by mouth apart from water - starve the infection bacteria.
Post edited at 16:14