Real-world effectiveness and tolerability of carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in 354 patients with trigeminal neuralgia
Background: It is widely agreed that carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine are highly effective in
the long-term treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. However, the tolerability of these drugs across
the different aetiologies of trigeminal neuralgia is still undetermined.
Methods: In this retrospective, real-world study, we assessed the effectiveness and tolerability of
carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine in a large cohort of patients with classical (254 patients),
secondary (60 patients) and idiopathic (40 patients) trigeminal neuralgia. We analysed data using