Neuralgia can not be cured by only taking gabapentin.
Causes of neuralgia include herpes zoster, trigeminal neuralgia, etc. Gabapentin can only relieve the patient’s symptoms, can not completely cure the disease, need to be based on the cause of the specific cause of the treatment, non-simple symptomatic treatment application of gabapentin pain management.
1. Herpes zoster: due to herpes zoster virus infection caused by the disease, severe nerve pain, gabapentin can effectively relieve such patients of neuralgia, but if you want to cure patients also need to use antiviral drugs such as acyclovir, in addition to the combination of methylcobalamin and other nutritive drugs to achieve the effect of alleviation, cure the disease.
2. Trigeminal neuralgia: it belongs to cerebral nerve disease, patients will have tear-like, electric shock-like pain in the head, gabapentin can play a role in relieving pain, but if you want to cure the disease, you can take vascular decompression surgery and other surgical treatment.
Therefore, gabapentin can only play a role in relieving symptoms, and can not cure the disease, need to be based on the specific disease on the cause of treatment, patients with neuralgia are recommended to consult the hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and the corresponding treatment.