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How Can Severe Trigeminal Nerve Pain Be Treated?

i am currently looking for pain management for triaminal nerve pain in the mandibular branch i am currently on gabapentin which works but i am loosing hair do u have any suggestins my email is YYYY@YYYY pain is severe been to drs and noone seems to know how to manage this pain help please
Wed, 26 Apr 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

Trigeminal Neuralgia can cause episodes of severe electric shock like pain on the affected side of face and Gabapentin is one of the commonly prescribed neurotic painkiller for this problem..
But in case if it is causing you side effects then you can consult a Neurologist and get yourself evaluated..
You can be firs of all thoroughly examined along with MRI scan to confirm the diagnosis..
If Trigeminal Neuralgia is confirmed as the diagnosis then other commonly advised medications for trigeminal neuralgia like Carbamazipine [Tergetrol], Oxycarbazipine [Trileptal], Beclofen etc can be advised as they are also very helpful in the treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia.
If the side effects are mild and tolerable then they also gets less noticeable gradually as your body adapts with the medicine..
In case if the medications are not sufficient in relieving your agony then surgical intervention can help in relieving the symptoms..

Hope you get better soon..

Regards..
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How Can Severe Trigeminal Nerve Pain Be Treated?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. Trigeminal Neuralgia can cause episodes of severe electric shock like pain on the affected side of face and Gabapentin is one of the commonly prescribed neurotic painkiller for this problem.. But in case if it is causing you side effects then you can consult a Neurologist and get yourself evaluated.. You can be firs of all thoroughly examined along with MRI scan to confirm the diagnosis.. If Trigeminal Neuralgia is confirmed as the diagnosis then other commonly advised medications for trigeminal neuralgia like Carbamazipine [Tergetrol], Oxycarbazipine [Trileptal], Beclofen etc can be advised as they are also very helpful in the treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia. If the side effects are mild and tolerable then they also gets less noticeable gradually as your body adapts with the medicine.. In case if the medications are not sufficient in relieving your agony then surgical intervention can help in relieving the symptoms.. Hope you get better soon.. Regards..