Excruciating Toothache and Tricking Nerve Pain with Anticonvulsants

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Anticonvulsants are drugs used for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and trigeminal neuralgia. But some drugs of this group also work for postoperative pain and even normal toothache.

For example, Gabapentin (a second-line anticonvulsant) combined with analgesics (painkillers) may be effective:


I have had success with a combination of Ibuprofen and Gabapentin for excruciating pain. Then my family doctor suggested I was suffering from non-odontogenic toothache (trigeminal neuralgia) and prescribed Carbamazepine (a first-line anticonvulsant).

I don't think I suffer from trigeminal neuralgia (ache is too dull, too localized, and too constant).

DISCLAIMER: don't try this at home without consulting your family physician. I am not a doctor.

But it appears to work nevertheless, keeps the nerve at bay...until I finally get an appointment.
 
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