68. (Part 5 of 8) Corneal neuralgia treatments IMPORTANT: This is not a list of dry eye treatments, and it is not a complete list of corneal neuralgia treatments. It is a list of emerging pain management strategies being used by some specialists for cornea neuralgia, excluding all the items used for that purpose which are included in our other lists. (For example, autologous serum or PRP drops, bandage lenses, and scleral lenses are all used for dry eye, and also used for corneal neuralgia, and they each appear in context in other sections.)
Created with Highcharts 4.2.723.84%21.80%21.84%20.96%21.00%21.09%22.38%Gabapentin : 1.19 |23.84%Gabapentin : 1.19 | 23.84%Nortriptyline : 1.09 |21.8%Nortriptyline : 1.09 | 21.8%Cymbalta : 1.09 | 21.84%Carbamazepine (anti-epileptic ...: 1.05 |20.96%Carbamazepine (anti-epileptic ...: 1.05 | 20.96%Scrambler therapy : 1.05| 21%Scrambler therapy : 1.05 | 21%Transcutaneous electricalnerv...: 1.05 | 21.09%Transcutaneous electrical nerv...: 1.05 | 21.09%Other : 1.12 | 22.38%70255075100
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Question Count Score
I do not have corneal neuralgia Haven’t tried it Didn’t help Helped a little Helped a lot
Gabapentin 479 1.19
Nortriptyline 479 1.09
Cymbalta 479 1.09
Carbamazepine (anti-epileptic also used for trigeminal neuralgia) 479 1.05
Scrambler therapy 479 1.05
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) 479 1.05
Other 479 1.12
Average 1.09
Gabapentin
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 88.94%Haven’t tried it : 5.43%Didn’t help : 3.76%Helped a little : 1.25%Helped a lot : 0.63%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 426 88.94%
Haven’t tried it 26 5.43%
Didn’t help 18 3.76%
Helped a little 6 1.25%
Helped a lot 3 0.63%
Total 479 100 %
Nortriptyline
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 93.53%Haven’t tried it : 5.22%Didn’t help : 0.42%Helped a little : 0.42%Helped a lot : 0.42%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 448 93.53%
Haven’t tried it 25 5.22%
Didn’t help 2 0.42%
Helped a little 2 0.42%
Helped a lot 2 0.42%
Total 479 100 %
Cymbalta
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 93.74%Haven’t tried it : 4.59%Didn’t help : 0.84%Helped a little : 0.42%Helped a lot : 0.42%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 449 93.74%
Haven’t tried it 22 4.59%
Didn’t help 4 0.84%
Helped a little 2 0.42%
Helped a lot 2 0.42%
Total 479 100 %
Carbamazepine (anti-epileptic also used for trigeminal neuralgia)
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 95.20%Haven’t tried it : 4.80%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 456 95.2%
Haven’t tried it 23 4.8%
Didn’t help 0 0%
Helped a little 0 0%
Helped a lot 0 0%
Total 479 100 %
Scrambler therapy
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 94.99%Haven’t tried it : 5.01%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 455 94.99%
Haven’t tried it 24 5.01%
Didn’t help 0 0%
Helped a little 0 0%
Helped a lot 0 0%
Total 479 100 %
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 94.99%Haven’t tried it : 4.80%Helped a little : 0.21%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 455 94.99%
Haven’t tried it 23 4.8%
Didn’t help 0 0%
Helped a little 1 0.21%
Helped a lot 0 0%
Total 479 100 %
Other
Created with Highcharts 4.2.7I do not have corneal neuralgia : 93.53%Haven’t tried it : 4.18%Didn’t help : 0.21%Helped a little : 1.04%Helped a lot : 1.04%
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
I do not have corneal neuralgia 448 93.53%
Haven’t tried it 20 4.18%
Didn’t help 1 0.21%
Helped a little 5 1.04%
Helped a lot 5 1.04%
Total 479 100 %
Other - Dynamic Text / Comments
02/05/2021 99961749 [Helped a lot] Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with pain specialist
11/17/2019 [Helped a lot] Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, daily meditation, daily yoga, therapy. All of these have reduced my stress and anxiety levels which educe my neuropathy. Also running helps!!
09/03/2019 [Helped a little] lyrica
08/23/2019 [Helped a little] use gabapentin for PHN
08/07/2019 [Helped a little] True tear
08/06/2019 [Helped a lot] autologous serum drops, compounded naltrexone eye drops, oral dextromethorphan
07/31/2019 [Didn’t help] Lyrica
07/18/2019 [Helped a lot] Azithromicin, anti inflammatory dose, 3X/week, helps quite a bit.
07/12/2019 [Helped a little] Lyrica - only on day 2
06/30/2019 [Helped a little] Trying LDN right now...not sure if it will help or not.