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Patients with headache generally respond to medical treatments but the management can be challenging. Interventional treatments can be considered in: (1) refractory headaches with a poor response to pharmacologic management; (2) patients who develop side effects from the pharmacological regimen; (3) patients with significant comorbidities where the use of pharmacological treatment is not feasible; (4) patients with medication overuse headache, in order to stop analgesic overuse; (5) patients in the pregnancy or lactation period; (6) patients with headaches that need to be aborted; (6) cases that need bridge therapy; and (8) short-term prophylaxis of status migrainosus. Interventional procedures should be performed by specialized pain management physicians in experienced centers with emergency medical care.
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Özge, A., Uluduz, D. (2019). Introduction to Interventional Procedures; Timing and Patient Selection. In: Özge, A., Uludüz, D., Karadaş, Ö., Bolay, H. (eds) Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10853-3_1
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