Comparison of Great Occipital Nerve and Supraorbital Nerve Blockade Methods at Treatment of Acute Migraine Attack in the Emergency Department

Summary

Aim Acute migraine attack is a clinical condition that is frequently encountered in emergency departments and varies from patient to patient in terms of treatment modalities. There are many different treatments whose effectiveness has been proven by concrete evidence(1). Drug treatments applied to patients are generally given intravenously or intramuscularly. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, metoclopramide and intravenous magnesium therapy is generally used for treatment in emergency departments (1). The effectiveness of supraorbital nerve blockade and great occipital nerve blockade in migraine treatment and prophylaxis has been proven in many studies(2-6). The aim of this study is to discuss the effectiveness of supraorbital and great occipital nerve blockade treatments in acute migraine attack, when combined or used individually.

Timeline

Start

2020-08-15

Primary completion

2021-03-14

Completion

2021-03-14

Publications

• Background Ruiz Pinero M, Mulero Carrillo P, Pedraza Hueso MI, de la Cruz Rodriguez C, Lopez Mesonero L, Guerrero Peral AL. Pericranial nerve blockade as a preventive treatment for migraine: Experience in 60 patients. Neurologia. 2016 Sep;31(7):445-51. doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2014.10.001. Epub 2014 Dec 24. English, Spanish.
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• Results Okmen K, Dagistan Y, Dagistan E, Kaplan N, Cancan E. Efficacy of the greater occipital nerve block in recurrent migraine type headaches. Neurol Neurochir Pol. 2016;50(3):151-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.01.015. Epub 2016 Feb 6.
• Results Ozer D, Boluk C, Turk Boru U, Altun D, Tasdemir M, Koseoglu Toksoy C. Greater occipital and supraorbital nerve blockade for the preventive treatment of migraine: a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Curr Med Res Opin. 2019 May;35(5):909-915. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2018.1532403. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
• Results Diener HC, Tassorelli C, Dodick DW, Silberstein SD, Lipton RB, Ashina M, Becker WJ, Ferrari MD, Goadsby PJ, Pozo-Rosich P, Wang SJ, Mandrekar J; International Headache Society Clinical Trials Standing Committee. Guidelines of the International Headache Society for controlled trials of acute treatment of migraine attacks in adults: Fourth edition. Cephalalgia. 2019 May;39(6):687-710. doi: 10.1177/0333102419828967. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

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