# Where can i find A EMERGENCY ROOM PROTOCOL FOR TN?

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/where-can-i-find-a-emergency-room-protocol-for-tn/3187>\
**Category:** General TN & GPN (Old Site)\
**Created:** [August 10, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/where-can-i-find-a-emergency-room-protocol-for-tn/3187 "2012-08-10T21:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lisa26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lisa26](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Lisa26)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/where-can-i-find-a-emergency-room-protocol-for-tn/3187/1 "2012-08-10T21:10:44Z")

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I NEED TO GO TO THE ER…MY PAIN IS CRAZY OUT OF CONTROL…I have never been to the ER since my diagnosis in 2008…I was there a couple times before I knew what was going on. I don’t want to go empty handed and leave there the same way I am now…any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Kc\_Dancer\_Kc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@Kc\_Dancer\_Kc](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Kc_Dancer_Kc)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/where-can-i-find-a-emergency-room-protocol-for-tn/3187/2 "2012-08-10T22:31:38Z")

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Get yoour doctors after hours number and take it with you

If they don't understnd or believe your diagnosis

they will give you narcotics -- but they may not last long

You can be pumped full of moraphine and it will take the edge off for a few hours -- where as any other pain - would work for 12 perhaps

Ask for tramadol as a last resort if they think you are narcotics-seeking

It can take the edge off as well as having an RX for topical lidocaine or lidocaine patches

or for inside mouth/ lidocaine mouthwash/nosespray

Let us know what happens!