Have You Heard of the Nerve Condition Trigamitolmyalgia?
Question by Mother God: Have you heard of the nerve condition Trigamitolmyalgia?
sorry if I spelled it wrong. Its a really bad nreve condition in your mouth. My mom has it now and was just put on medicine today. Can you please tell me if you have heard of sucess with the medicine working and helping with the pain?? thanks
thanks so much for helping me, all you answers have been a great help!
Best answer:
Answer by compactct1
Click on the link below, i think this is what you are after, hope she gets better. you may want to go to the other link as well, it gives a surgery option as well. i don’t know how to put 2 in the link below so here it is, htmttp://drjho.com/id68.htm
Answer by whome
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
There is no cure for trigeminal neuralgia, but most people find relief from medication, from one of the five surgical options or sometimes from one of the many so-called “complementary or alternative” therapies. Atypical trigeminal neuralgia, which involves a more constant and burning pain, is more difficult to treat, both with medications and surgery. Surgery may result in varying degrees of numbness to the patient and lead occasionally to “anesthesia dolorosa,” which is numbness with intense pain. However, many people do find dramatic relief with minimal side effects from the various surgeries that are now available. .[5]
[edit] Medications
* Anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, phenytoin, or gabapentin are generally the most effective medications. Pain relievers usually do not help. Anticonvulsant effects may be potentiated with an adjuvant such as baclofen or clonazepam. Baclofen may also help some patients eat more normally if jaw movement tends to aggravate the symptoms.
* If anticonvulsants don’t help and surgical options have failed or are ruled out, the pain may be treated long-term with an opioid such as methadone.
* Low doses of some antidepressants such as nortriptyline can also be effective in treating neuropathic pain.
* Botox can be injected into the nerve by a physician, and has been found helpful using the “migraine” pattern adapted to the patient’s special needs.
Many patients cannot tolerate medications for years, and an alternate treatment is to take a drug such as gabapentin and place it in an externally applied cream base by a pharmacist who compounds drugs. Also helpful is taking a “drug holiday” when remissions occur and rotating medications if one becomes ineffective.
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