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Treatment of Facial Pain and Neuralgias

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There are many pharmacological treatment options for classical trigeminal neuralgia. When those fail or are not tolerated, more invasive interventions are ­available. Other cranial neuralgias include occipital, glossopharyngeal, nasociliary, nervus intermedius, and supraorbital neuralgias and may be more challenging to ­diagnose and treat. Other causes of facial or oral discomfort include sympto­matic (or ­secondary) trigeminal neuralgia, temporomandibular dysfunction, burning mouth syndrome, neck-tongue syndrome, and nummular headache. Pharma­­co­therapeutics are discussed from both a medicine and surgical standpoint with consideration of the limited evidence base.

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  1. Center for Headache and Pain, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Cynthia C. Bamford M.D.

  2. Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Cynthia C. Bamford M.D.

  3. Center for Headache and Pain, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Neil Cherian M.D.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Center for Headache and Pain, Neurological Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Stewart J. Tepper MD (Professor of Medicine (Neurology) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology)

  2. Center for Headache and Pain, Neurological Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Deborah E. Tepper MD

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Bamford, C.C., Cherian, N. (2011). Treatment of Facial Pain and Neuralgias. In: Tepper, S.J., Tepper, D.E. (eds) The Cleveland Clinic Manual of Headache Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0179-7_17

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