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WHAT'S NEW

Last Update: 8/16/99

Changes made within the last few months:

4/24/01 Added information about our Logo and "Theme Song."
8/1/00 Added information about Parry-Romberg Syndrome
8/16/99 Added links to the TN-L Archives, a password-protected web-based archive of TN-L members' email from 1996 to the present. A powerful search tool makes finding information in the archives a breeze.
8/3/99 Announcement of the Online Trigeminal Neuralgia Association  Survey 
7/27/99 Announcements of the next TNA conference and availability of the 1998 TNA conference report now available online
6/20/99 Addition of recent "true stories" written by facial neuralgia patients
  6/16/99 The Research Toolkit to help aid in your own research including Medline search, medical dictionary, glossiphier to help understand medical articles, Drug Check tool to check for drug interactions.
  6/16/99 Stress Management links added.
  6/5/99 Information on Clinical Trials added.
  4/25/99 New material added to the Gamma Knife section.
  4/25/99 Trigeminal Neuralgia section revised
  2/17/99 Information on Anesthesia Dolorosa added.
  2/13/99 Several new additions were added to the Express Yourself section, including a song written by Dr. Peter Jannetta and two essays on living with trigeminal neuralgia, Ma Kettle in Full Armor and Pink Suns,  by Jet, co-leader of TN-L.
  2/13/99 Information on NICO added.
  1/29/99 FNR Guidelines updated.
  12/1/98 A major redesign of Trigeminal Neuralgia Resources with a wider focus on facial neuralgias with a new site name, Facial Neuralgia Resources.
  11/25/98 Added links  to pictures and notes from the Trigeminal Neuralgia Conference in Orlando, Florida, November 12 - 15, 1998. Debby Creps took wonderful pictures at the conference. Jane Uitti wrote up a very interesting summary of the conference workshops she attended.
  10/19/98 Information on carbamazepine was significantly expanded and now includes information on side-effects, medical references, and more.
07/24/98 Information on Lamotrigine was brought up to date to reflect studies showing its promise as a TN treatment with few serious side-effects. 
  07/23/98 Minor changes were made to the Capsaicin and Atypical Facial Pain sections.
  07/22/98 Hints on "Sleeping" were added to the TN Practical Hints section
  05/21/98 A section on Books about TN and related disorders available on the Internet was added
  04/23/98 The Capsaicin section was rewritten and several new links were added.
  04/16/98 A significant update on Opioids was added to the TN Drug Treatment section.  A number of broken links were fixed.
  11/29/97 A new article on capsaicin use was added. 
  10/21/97 Several additions to the Alternative Treatments section: the discussion on acupuncture and TENS expanded considerably. 
    09/09/97 Several additions to the Reader Tips section.

 

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