Greater occipital nerve block in the treatment of triptan‐overuse headache: A randomized comparative study

• Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica Vol. 135; no. 4; pp. 426 - 433
• Main Authors: Karadas, Ö, Ozon, A Ö, Ozcelik, F, Ozge, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anesthetics, Local - adverse effects; Anesthetics, Local - therapeutic use; Female; greater occipital nerve; Headache Disorders, Secondary - drug therapy; Headache Disorders, Secondary - etiology; Headaches; Humans; Lidocaine - adverse effects; Lidocaine - therapeutic use; Male; medication overuse headache; Middle Aged; migraine; Nerve Block - adverse effects; Nerve Block - methods; occipital nerve block; triptan‐overuse headache; Tryptamines - administration & dosage; Tryptamines - adverse effects; medication overuse headache; occipital nerve block; migraine; greater occipital nerve; triptan-overuse headache

Objectives This study aims to investigate the efficiency of a single and repeated greater occipital nerve (GON) block using lidocaine in the treatment of triptan‐overuse headache (TOH), whose importance has increased lately. Materials and methods In the study, 105 consecutive subjects diagnosed with...