High Efficacy of IV Lacosamide in Controlling Trigeminal Neuralgia – Flare Literature review and Case Report of Two Refractory Cases
This poster is part of a Virtual Poster Session, hosted by the Ochsner Continuing Medical Education. We encourage you to ask questions and engage in discussion on this poster! Authors will respond to comments between May 25- June 5, 2020.
Presenters
Elham Azizi MD, Madelyn Huttner BS, Maria Carmen Wilson MD, Jose Posas MD.
What is the expected time frame of patient pain relief in regards to IV Vimpat? The first patient experience relief after two doses, but was this mirrored in the second patient?
And at what step in the treatment/management process of TN would you consider this therapy?
Are there any reports oral vimpat vs iv vimpat in TN. These patients did well with IV Vimpat but I wonder if there have been cases of improvement with oral vimpat
Also curious if performing a weight based loading dose would be worth exploring and could prevent need for subsequent dosing/reduce time to recovery.