Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Scale

Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Scale

1 No pain, no medications

2 Occasional pain, no medications required

3A- No pain, continued medication

3B- persistent pain, controlled with medications

4 Some pain, not adequately controlled with medications

5 Severe pain or no pain relief

The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Barrow Neurological Institute Pain Scale (BNI-PS) are 2 of the most frequently employed patient-reported outcome (PRO) tools used by clinicians to rate pain intensity for patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN).