Carbamazepine for trigeminal neuralgia from meningioma
Hi--I have a meningioma in my cpa (found a year ago) that is stable, so I'm on watch and wait for growth, but it's now causing trigeminal neuralgia symptoms. I've been taking gabapentin for the past four months but it's not working that well. Has anyone taken carbamazepine? Was it successful in managing trigeminal neuralgia symptoms? Did you have hard side effects? Thanks so much for any feedback!
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@jnf, using the search term "carbamazepine" I found several members commenting about the use of this medication for trigeminal neuralgia. See the search results here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=Carbamazepine
How is carbamazepine working for you?
Thank you. I haven't started it yet.