Trigeminal Neuralgia

[Bananas5]

Has anyone had, or know anything about, having a lidacaine infusion to help with he pain of this condition?

Kelamine, gabapentin and preganalin have had no effect.

Sorry about spelling

Pat x

[Chawner]

I have and do have most of these meds too and I have good results but not perfect . The lidacain has been hit and miss but always make me slow down and have a me day. It does take a few times using it to get the full benefits from it , I do my own at home once a week and dred putting the needle in due to the pain from it but it does make me feel relaxed and I have more motion for a while anyway. I have 1600ml so It takes about 12 to 16 hours to complete.

Gabapenton has put a shed load of weight on me but it does help. I also take hydromorph which is a good combination but it would be nice to be pain free

[Bananas5 in reply to Chawner]

Thanks Chawner,

Ow.

Is this for trigeminal neuralgia specifically or other conditions as well?

Pat x

[Chawner in reply to Bananas5]

Hi pat ,

I have complex reginal pain syndrome(RSD) , fibamialga and now of course dipression . That's all......

How are you doing

Chawner

[Bananas5]

That;s ALL you said. Sounds more than enough for anyone. We talk quite a bit about depression here. Sadly it foes hand in glove with chronic pain.

I was asking for a friend in Australia who is in hosputal at the moment where they are trying to sort out her TN. Sort of diagnosis and treatment by messages!

Oh I'm tickety boo as always!

Pat x

[Bananas5]

Thanks Dan. Think these have been tried. Problem is she has MS and that restricts use of certain drugs. Plus she lives in Australia and some of ours aren't licenced there.

But we won;t be beaten by the Aussies!!

Pat x