Originally Posted by amitsa (Post 1172826)

Bryanna,

My brother last visited the pain specialist 3 months ago. She said the only thing that can help you is Yoga,Pranayam and ayurveda.
That is a 100% cure.

Though India's 5000 year old Ayurveda (based totally on herbs) is good, it has limitations. The reason being most of the
diseases today were not present 5000 years ago. There needs more research on Ayurvedic herbs. There is no Research in India.
That happens only in USA because USA is a rich country. So Ayurveda is fast being neglected even here. Doctors wish to go to Allopathy
because it is lucrative - money making business.

Actually what allopathy does is it tackles the symptoms not the disease. eg Lidocaine would tackle the pain which is a symptom
but not the disease. The disease is nerve damage. Ayurveda addresses the root cause of the issue,never the symptom. But this takes time
and patience. It cannot happen overnight.

Today people dont have patience. They want fast results - fast relief. Come on. I have to go to my office tomorrow.
I have hell lot of deadlines to meet and am going to overwork. I have to answer my boss.I want relief today itself.
That cannot happen with Ayurveda.

Ayurveda is 99.99% safe - no side effects but takes time. It has dietary restrictions during the course of recovery.
It does not happen overnight.Ayurveda takes a holistic look at your body. As you earlier said, if your entire body is functioning
properly,it will correct the existing nerve pain. Ayurveda aims at doing exactly this.

Also Ayurveda has many herbs for nerve regeneration. Nerve regeneration techniques using herbs have been documented very clearly in ancient
Ayurvedic books. These herbs accelerate nerve regeneration a million times.

There is a syrup called 'Mentat DS' by Himalaya. It contains some of the herbs for nerve regeneration and repair. But they are not all .Again nowadays ,ayurvedic companies add chemical preservatives like methyl paraben and propyl paraben and sodium benzoate . That ruins ayurvedic
medicines. Mentat Ds contains these parabens as preservatives.

Also it is very difficult to find a GOOD Ayurvedic practitioner even in India - to be true.

Originally Posted by amitsa (Post 1172940)

Bryanna,

The orofacial pain specialist my brother sees in Mumbai is actually educated in USA though she is Indian. She has done Masters in Orofacial Pain treatment from Rutgers University,New Jersey. She is a member of American Academy of Orofacial Pain and American Board of Orofacial Pain.

She does not know any ayurvedic practitioner. I will have to find one myself.

Regards,
Amit.

Originally Posted by amitsa (Post 1171763)

Bryanna,

I have never heard of anything like this. I wish to ask if you are aware of anything like this.

My brother aged 35 went to see a dentist on 11th February,2014. He had a composite filling on his upper left sixth premolar which had broken. He visited the dentist .The dentist said it was a deep cavity but said there was still small space till the infection reached the pulp. Actually while drilling she hit the pulp nerve. She filled the deep cavity with GIC filling very tightly(I suppose). My brother complained of pain after 4-5 days. He went to the dentist again.She said,the pain would go away slowly. He waited for a month but the pain did not go away. He again went to the dentist.She said is the
pain unbearable ? He said No. So she said it is not required to remove it. He then kept filling for 3 months.

The pain passed into the back of the head (occipital nerves) and became severe. Finally he said I can no longer take this. He asked the dentist to remove it.She removed it. While extraction ,my brother said,he had a shock like sensation.

After removal,my brother had severe burning pain where the tooth existed and above it which went into the superior alveolar nerve . This pain was constant and unbearable. My brother visited an orofacial pain specialist in Mumbai. She took his history and diagnosed it as Trigeminal Deafferentation pain. She said the Central Nervous system is involved in this type of pain.

The pain specialist said this pain may abate or may last for a lifetime.My brother refused to get a nerve block done last year.He said he wanted to wait and try other methods. He also fears getting a nerve block. He also did not take a stent and a mixture of Lidocaine based anaesthetics to be applied topically which the pain specialist provided.

He has been trying some B vitamins (B6,B12,folic acid,myoinositol,L carnitine,Benfotiamine) for the last one year to see if nerve pain goes away. He has tried Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Amitriptyline - even antidepressant duloxetine but no effect. The pain has reduced but is still there. He is bearing it. I advised him to go to the pain specialist and get her Lidocaine based paste to be applied topically inside the stent.

My brother complaints the dentist has destroyed his life. He says he wants to jump in front of a train and end his life and pain once and for all.

From what I have gotten off the internet, applying Lidocaine seems to be the only solution. But again the pain is inside in the nerve and the pallette has bone ,so Lidocaine cannot reach there,if at all in small amounts.

Are nerve blocks successful ? I have heard there are serious complications if not done properly including something called as ANAESTHESIA DOLOROSA which is painful numbness though very rare .

Bryanna, What is your advice on this ? The pain is burning pain which is felt in the superior alveolar nerve. My brother is extremely restless.


Regards,
Amit.

Originally Posted by Cleo (Post 1172923)

Nerve damage due to botched dental procedure isn't a disease.

Buyer needs to be aware of internet scammers claiming 'cure nerve damage".

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/Cons.../ucm050798.htm