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What dose/duration of corticosteroids do you use for patients with intractable episodic cluster headaches?

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Neurology · Barrow Neurological Institute

Best evidence for oral steroids from a large randomized controlled trial: Prednisone 100 mg for 5 days, then taper by 20 mg every 3 days until off (the largest study available). Obermann et al., PMID 33245858

Occipital nerve block: In addition to oral steroids, there is also evidence of the occipital...

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