Jefferson Headache Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. avi.ashkenazi@mail.tju.edu
The pain experienced by patients with trigeminal, occipital, or postherpetic neuralgia is often severe, chronic, and difficult to treat. In this article, Drs Ashkenazi and Levin outline the pathologic mechanisms of pain in these common neuralgias and discuss individually tailored pharmacologic and surgical approaches to their treatment.