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Trigeminal neuralgia: What helps stop the pain?
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jul 13 12:26pm | Replies (157)Comment receiving replies
I have TN since October. This is my third bout with it. I am 75 and taking 300mg ox carbamazepine and 300mg Gaby once a day and 150mg ox carbamazepine one a day. My question…will it ever go away?
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It does depend on the cause of the TN. If it is a compression, it can be cured by an MVD, microvascular decompression surgery. I have TN as a complication of shingles, so the surgery wouldn't help me. I would not hesitate to have it as I had an MVD in 2005 to cure hemifacial spasm, so I am a fan, especially for TN because of the agonizing pain.
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I guess it would depend on the underlying cause. The medications treat the pain, not the cause. Have you had the special MRI to see if a blood vessel is impinging the nerve?
I have all three trigeminal nerve branches acting up on my left side and at least a few random TN flare ups recently on the right side but no definitive diagnosis. I am not happy that my condition is expanding to become bilateral.