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Initial treatment is usually pharmacological therapy.
Eighty patients who are currently undergoing treatment for TN and AFP at The Center fro Oral, Facial and Head Pain at CPMC and Craniofacial Pain Center at MGH were recruited and retrospectively evaluated. These patients were followed over to evaluate the long-term response to pharmacological treatment. Carbamazepine was found to be somewhat more effective in relieving pain. Carbamazepine and Gabapentin are both effective for NFP, however, Gabapentin caused less intolerable side effects. Combination therapy had similar pain relief with surprisingly no more significant side effects.