Treatment of migraine with occipital nerve blocks using only corticosteroids

Headache

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-159

  Tobin, Joshua ^a   Flitman, Stephen ^a  

^a 21st Century Neurology Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; migraine; occipital nerve block

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ELETRIPTAN; HYDROCORTISONE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NERVE BLOCK; OCCIPITAL NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NERVE BLOCK; PREGNANCY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650950314     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2010.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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