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In what situation do you use nerve blocks in patients with headache?

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Neurology · Barrow Neurological Institute

Great resource: Blumenfeld et al., PMID 23406160.

Times that I personally consider nerve blocks:

1) Headache management during pregnancy, but with lidocaine nerve blocks

2) Migraine especially if significant allodynia

3) Occipital neuralgia

4) Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia including cluster headache ...

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