Trigeminal neuralgia is a facial pain syndrome consisting of brief duration electric shock-like pains affecting (usually) one side of the face. It typically responds to anti-epileptic medications such as carbamazapine (Tegretol). Many other causes for facial pain exist, and the diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia rests upon a “clinical” diagnosis by an expert- there is no … Continue reading Trigeminal Neuralgia