Nerve blocks are now recommended to treat migraine pain in the ER The block halts pain signals from traveling along the occipital nerves at the base of the skull The new guidelines recommend against ...

Lidocaine injections into the greater occipital nerve relieve severe, refractory migraine attacks in children, results of a randomized controlled trial show. Investigators found children receiving ...

People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine should receive targeted nerve blocks rather than IV opioids, new treatment guidelines suggest. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News People hospitalized ...

Sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) nerve block is a bit of a tongue twister, but it’s actually a simple treatment that can deliver big results for some people with migraine and other types of severe ...

LOS ANGELES — Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) are effective in relieving headache pain, regardless of whether the procedure is done in private practice or at an academic center. Practitioners typically ...

A University of Calgary professor and neurologist, Dr. Serena Orr, helped develop the new American Headache Society guidelines, published Dec. 1. They recommend the use of an occipital nerve block to ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Neurologist Dr. Serena Orr has spent her career researching migraine attacks and trying to bring ...

Part of learning tolerance and sometimes even acceptance of our relationship with migraine is coming to realize that living with it requires a lot of work for our medical professionals, but, even more ...

Explore the link between histamine and migraine. Learn about histamine intolerance, acute treatments like Benadryl, and ...

The new guidelines recommend against using either IV opioids or IV acetaminophen to treat migraine pain THURSDAY, Dec. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People hospitalized for a debilitating migraine ...