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Anti-seizure medications: Relief from nerve pain
Side effects limit use of older anticonvulsants
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Why does it hurt?
How do anti-seizure drugs help?
Newer anti-seizure drugs may have fewer side effects
Other anticonvulsants
Research continues
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Anti-seizure medications (anticonvulsants) were originally designed to treat people with epilepsy. But the nerve-calming qualities of some of these medications can also help quiet the burning, stabbing or shooting pain often caused by nerve damage.
