What symptomatic management do you recommend in patients with post LP headaches?
1 Answers
Mednet Member
Neurology · The Phoenix Headache Institute
In my clinical experience, the symptomatic/medical management of post lumbar puncture (LP) headache is challenging and of limited utility. In contrast, for the vast majority of cases, a large volume autologous epidural lumbar patch ("blood patch") is highly effective (and much appreciated by the pat...