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Suffering From Pain In Left Side Of Face And Jaw, Difficulty Speaking. Taking Tegral. Cure?

HI MY MOTHER IS 75 YEARS OLD AND SHE IS SUFFERING FROM HIGH PAIN AT LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE THE PAIN IS AT JAW MOSTLY..SHE WENT TO A NEURO SURGEON AND taking tegral for12 year but now pain is not in control U PLZ TELL ME ANY SOLUTION FOR THIS I CANT SEE MY MOTHER LIKE THIS..SHE EVEN CANT TALK PROPERLY....PLZ GIVE MME ANY SOLUTION...
Wed, 9 Jan 2013
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Hello,
Wish you a very happy new year and disease free life
The data which you have provided is suggestive of a neurological condition known as trigeminal neuralgia. 75% of patients generally do respond to tegretal in a dose of 600-1200mg/day. If your mother is on the correct dose of Tegretal and despite that pain is persisting, she will require a neurological evalution by a local neurologist followed later by MRI scan of the Brain to see if the trigeminal nerve is compressed by any problem. Other microsurgical procedures are also done for this procedure. You need not have to worry at all.
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Suffering From Pain In Left Side Of Face And Jaw, Difficulty Speaking. Taking Tegral. Cure?

Hello, Wish you a very happy new year and disease free life The data which you have provided is suggestive of a neurological condition known as trigeminal neuralgia. 75% of patients generally do respond to tegretal in a dose of 600-1200mg/day. If your mother is on the correct dose of Tegretal and despite that pain is persisting, she will require a neurological evalution by a local neurologist followed later by MRI scan of the Brain to see if the trigeminal nerve is compressed by any problem. Other microsurgical procedures are also done for this procedure. You need not have to worry at all. Best wishes