Author : Prof. Dr. Andrew J. Fishman, M.D. Board-Certified Surgeon in Otology, Neurotology, Skull Base, Head and Neck, Facial Reconstructive, and Sinonasal & Maxillary Surgery Trigeminal neuralgia is sometimes called “the suicide disease” — a label that captures the severity of the pain and the desperation it produces in patients who have not yet found effective treatment. The good news is that this label belongs to a previous era. Modern treatment of trigeminal neuralgia is