Question 1

what painkillers are helpful for trigeminal neuralgia?

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Several: The common medications used are: neurontin, (gabapentin) trileptal, Dilantin and tegretol.  These are not "painkillers" but rather work on the nerve conduction to alleviate the pain of trigeminal neuralgia.

Question 2

which painkiller works for tmj nerve pain?

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Severity?: TMJ (Tempero-mandibular Joint) pain is not necessarily a nerve pain. Like with any other pain the choice of analgesics depends on the severity of the pain, (mild, moderate or severe). This is usually established during history taking by your doctor who assesses the severity on the basis of the information provided and then decide what’s the best intervention strategy

Question 3

can drugs for nerve pain like amitriptyline be so good that discontinuation of painkillers is possible?

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Pain and adjuvants: In the treatment of pain, we use many medicines from vitamins, medical foods, nutraceuticals, and pharmacologics. Often but not always, opioids are necessary, but patient desires and cooperation do help,on choosing correct treatment approaches.
Tricyclics, like amitriptyline, treat let pain in diabetes very well, and help,prevent migraine headaches. Duloxitine helps treat 4 pain indications

Question 4

i was given a painkiller injection in my right buttock and next day am having severe burning nerve pain on outside right thigh now for last 5 days ?

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See below: This problem can only be solved by seeing your doctor and being evaluated face-to-face.  After a thorough examination, your doctor should be able to tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.

Question 5

what are the tests for neuralgia?

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Doctor decides: Pain arising from an injured (cut, ruptured, bruised, with scarred healing, or being chronically pinched yet not killed) nerve.  sciatica is type of neuralgia.  diagnosis of a nerve that is not disconnected, scarred, healing, or being killed is exceedingly difficult and diagnosis is not benefitted by imaging studies or mri.  test of this syndrome depends on the examination by doctor.

Question 6

what are the symptoms of neuralgia?

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Pain: The most common symptom of neuralgia and definition of neuralgia is pain.  There are symptoms other symptoms with other disorders like neuritis but pain is the defined symptom of neuralgia.

Question 7

hi doctors, was just wondering what is glosopharyngeal neuralgia?

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Pain inside throat: It is due to Glasopharyngeal nerve and is intermittent shooting or burning pain on side of throat, tongue and pharynx

Question 8

what is post herpetic neuralgia?

Accepted Answer

Shingles: A neuropathic pain that lasts for more than a month after a shingles infection started.

Question 9

what is the treatment for neuralgia?

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Neuralgia: Tegretol (carbamazepine), Trileptal (oxacarbazepine), baclofen, Neurontin (gabapentin). Amitriptyline, Cymbalta (duloxetine), Lyrica (pregabalin), Keppra (levetiracetam)  (leveriracetam). In severe cases of trigeminal neuralgia a surgical procedure(micro vascular decompression) & radiofrequency ablation of the nerve are very successful.  Topical compound products may be helpful in arms, legs and body neuralgia.

Question 10

what is occipital neuralgia complex?

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Pain at back of head: Occipital neuralgia is pain from the occipital nerve which is felt along the back of the head, sometimes radiating to the top of the head and sometimes to the forehead- usually on just one side of the head. The occipital nerve is most likely irritated as it passes through the muscles at the back of the head, at the base of the skull. Less commonly, the nerve can be pinched in the upper neck (c2).

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