What is chronic neuralgia?

Neuralgia, also called neuropathic pain, is pain in one or more nerves resulting from damage to or dysfunction of the peripheral or central nervous system, rather than stimulation of pain receptors.

How do members experience chronic neuralgia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with chronic neuralgia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for chronic neuralgia*

*Data from patients with chronic neuralgia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with chronic neuralgia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Lyrica)
Perceived effectiveness
for chronic neuralgia (5 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
5
Tried for
chronic neuralgia (3)
Treatment

(Cymbalta)
Perceived effectiveness
for chronic neuralgia (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
chronic neuralgia (1)

*Data from patients with chronic neuralgia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has chronic neuralgia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 9
30s 48
40s 96
50s 166
60s 164
70+ 73

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 115
Female 449