An adult woman comes to the clinic complaining about repetitive episodes of sudden severe pain on the right side of the face. The nurse expects that the diagnosis will be ________ and the medication treatment will be ________.

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Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by sudden severe pain on one side of the face, often triggered by simple actions like chewing or talking. Gabapentin (Neurontin) is a medication commonly used to treat this condition. Guillain-Barré syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and motor neurone disease do not present with the same symptoms as trigeminal neuralgia and require different medication treatments.

An Adult Woman Comes to the Clinic Complaining About Repetitive