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Table 4 Historical Medication Use for TN

From: Burden of illness of trigeminal neuralgia among patients managed in a specialist center in England

 

Current Medication Use

 

Total

(N = 129)

Monotherapy

(N = 49)

Polytherapy*

(N = 35)

No Current Medication

(N = 45)

Number of Medications Taken for TN Ever

 Mean (SD)

3.7 (2.2)

3.0 (1.7)

4.8 (2.5)

3.5 (2.10)

 Median (IQR)

3.0 (2, 5)

3.0 (2, 4)

5.0 (3, 6)

3.0 (2, 4)

 Min-Max

1–13

1–8

2–13

1–12

  1. Nearly half of respondents (62/129; 48%) had at some point discontinued a medication due to lack of efficacy and 51/129 (40%) had discontinued due to side effects (Table 5)