Novel treatment in refractory tic douloureux.
Date
2014Author
Soleimanpour, H
Aghamohammadi, D
Ghaffarzad, A
Golzari, SE
Safari, S
Soleimanpour, M
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A patient with refractory trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux) was treated by intravenous magnesium sulfate successfully. Parenteral magnesium sulfate is an analgesic that expresses its analgesic effects through a noncompetitive blockade of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which in turns inhibits calcium entry into the cells.