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The First 5 Minutes After Greater Occipital Nerve Block

We performed greater occipital nerve blocks on 24 migraineurs with unilateral migraine and trigeminal nerve distribution allodynia. Using a visual analog scale for migraine pain, brush allodynia in the trigeminal nerve distribution and photophobia were reduced 64%, 75%, and 67%, respectively, after 5 minutes. Allodynia improved faster than headache. The results of this study suggest that greater occipital nerve blocks initiate an inhibitory process that shuts down several symptom generators.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-18697
Date01 July 2008
CreatorsYoung, William, Cook, Brianna, Malik, Shahram, Shaw, James, Oshinsky, Michael
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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