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A member asked:
How well do occipital nerve blocks work for migraines?
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Dont work: Migraine related to neurochemistry of brain occipital neuralgia and some tension headaches are sometimes helped by this procedure.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Nerve blocks: In a study by afridi, et al., it was shown that greater occipital nerve blocks provided a partial response in 17 of 54 patients with migraine and a complete resonse in 9 of 54 patients studied. Their study showed a mean duration of complete response for a period of 20 days and a partial reponse for a period of 45 days. This is a procedure I use frequently in our practice.
Answered 5/3/2015
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