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Default Mar 27, 2017 at 10:07 PM
 
[QUOTE=ElsaMars;5549490What medicine do you take to treat it and how effective is it? Is it a preventative? [/QUOTE]

I take carbamazapine (Tegretol) twice per day. It does help prevent my TN pains from really striking hard. It works very well for me, in that way.

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