Cervicogenic headache is a relatively common pain syndrome related to functional and/or degenerative alterations of the cervical spine tract. Administration of steroid represents aw effective therapy for this headache, due to the anti-inflammatory effects combined with its direct analgesic effects on the C fibers. The epidural injection of steroids, while requesting skilled personnel for its execution, gh,es short term (2-month) pain relief with few risks or side effects. Moreover, epidural steroids allow reduction of analgesic drug consumption.

Epidural steroids as a pharmacological approach / Reale, Carlo; A. M., Turkiewicz; C. A., Reale; S., Stabile; P., Borgonuovo; F., Apponi. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 18:19(2000), pp. S65-S66.

Epidural steroids as a pharmacological approach

REALE, Carlo;
2000

Abstract

Cervicogenic headache is a relatively common pain syndrome related to functional and/or degenerative alterations of the cervical spine tract. Administration of steroid represents aw effective therapy for this headache, due to the anti-inflammatory effects combined with its direct analgesic effects on the C fibers. The epidural injection of steroids, while requesting skilled personnel for its execution, gh,es short term (2-month) pain relief with few risks or side effects. Moreover, epidural steroids allow reduction of analgesic drug consumption.
2000
cervical epidural space; cervicogenic headache; methylprednisolone
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Epidural steroids as a pharmacological approach / Reale, Carlo; A. M., Turkiewicz; C. A., Reale; S., Stabile; P., Borgonuovo; F., Apponi. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 18:19(2000), pp. S65-S66.
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