One-Year rTMS Treatment for Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia

Medication-adjusted pain scores for the one-year period, as divided into intervals of approximately 10–16 days. Total intervals between treatment Periods #1, #2, #3, and #4 were four months, two weeks, and three months, respectively. Treatment #4 was followed by a one-month period of evaluation. Medication-adjusted pain scores were calculated by sum of average pain score visual analogue scale (VAS, 0–10) and weight-adjusted medication usage. For medication usage, we averaged the number of individual tablets the patient was taking from each of her four pain medications, considering the narcotic class drugs with twice the weight as other medications. VAS = Visual analogue scale.