Trigeminal Neuralgia Postdoc Update

My son Tom took me to the neurologist today for my mouth pain. Dr. switched me to a different medicine similar to Tegretol but is better tolerated by MS patient. It may take two or three weeks to be effective and I have to decrease slowly the amount of gabapentin.

I am optimistic that this will help. I did ask what is the next step if this doesn’t work or becomes less effective over time. The neurologist said the next step is to go in Iowa city. They would perform something called a gamma knife on the nerve. Not sure what that is but if  the pain can be decreased or eliminated by that so be it.

I am optimistic this next medication will help but my experience says to plan for the next phase so what happened is not a surprise.