User Reviews for Oxcarbazepine

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): It's great for trigeminal neuralgia pain. Aside from forgetting words and not being able to spell and weakness, the side effects are not too terrible. It is MUCH better than the TN pain.

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): Compared to taking Tegretol for TN I would give it a 10. Much less problems with taking and no Tegretol level or white blood cell counts needed, and I can take a lesser dose mostly get by with 2 a day with the other medicine it was min of 3 but mostly 4 a day. I do feel much better physically with the smaller dose of course. kinda looped for a week switching medicines as you take both to wean off Tegretol and onto Trileptal. I definitely would try it.

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): This medicine has been a LIFESAVER for me, because quite frankly, facial nerve pain can drive a person over the edge. It can be very good for those suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia. I give this medicine a A . Thank You

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): I developed TGN in 1997. This is not the typical TGN since it was caused by a stress ulcer about 3/4" from the left side of my mouth over the junction of three facial nerves. About a year after the ulcer healed, the facial pain abruptly developed big time. I was first prescribed Tegretol, but made me feel like a dope. Trileptal was then prescribed and I have cut it down to only 75 mg at night. Occasionally take 150 mg Trileptol 1 X when my facial pain really tunes up. Also rub in a little dab of Metrocream topically over that painful area that numbs my face just enough to minimize any pain.

oxcarbazepine: I used to suffer from facial nerve pain. I'm 34 and the Doctors don't know why. I've been checked for MS. Anyway wanted to say this medicine has improved my life 100 times over and quite frankly I cannot function without it. To all who suffer from facial nerve pain, PLEASE try this medicine. It's not a lifesaver for everybody, but it's worth a try to those having pain so bad, that words cannot express it. Take care my friends and try to maintain hope.

oxcarbazepine: I am taking the maximum dosage for Trigeminal Neuralgia and I have seen no change at all.

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): I use it for Trigeminal neuralgia and it is working great! I was first prescribed Tegretol and it worked for about a year but then the pain started to return. Doc said the Tegretol was being metabolized at a faster rate and she switched me to Trileptal. It worked in about 8 hours! And, as others have noted, you do struggle for words and have a bit of short-term memory impairment, but the pain is gone! Also, so is your libido! Tegretol was like taking Viagra, increased libido! But, it's still a better life without the pain.

oxcarbazepine: This has helped me tremendously. No face pain at all having Trigeminal Disorder. The pain can make you crazy. No pain pills helped at all. Take 450 mg every night and go right to sleep. Slept in a chair for 6 weeks keeping my head up and not being able to lay down in my bed to sleep. Cried every night with pain. Feel a little drowsy, fatigued and weakness some days but I'd rather deal with that instead of the pain. It's been two months now and I feel so much better. Good luck to all.

Trileptal (oxcarbazepine): Well, the pain on the nerve goes away pretty quickly after taking 150 mg of Trileptal, which I just started taking this year, because when I was told that I had trigeminal neuralgia last year, I didn't find out until the pain was almost over, but the medicine only lasts about 4 hours or so. At first, I got a headache, which didn't last too long, so I didn't take anything for the headache. What concerns me the most is that lately I have been getting pain on my ankles the next day after doing a 45 min kickboxing work-out and it's not going away, which I never had before. Today for the first time in my life I had a terrible pain on my pelvis that I couldn't hardly walk . Hopefully the pain goes away soon, and I won't have to take anything, 'until next year'!