Treatment Resistant Migraine

Migraine attacks make life difficult for many people. GON block is a reliable, simple and effective treatment method for migraine patients. GON block is used as a preventive treatment method during migraine headache attacks and to prevent migraine attacks at Liv Hospital Pain Clinic.

Treatment-Resistant Migraine Treatment at Liv Hospital

Occipital nerve block (GON block) is an injection method that has been used more and more frequently in recent years in the treatment of migraine, especially in the treatment of chronic migraineurs who have to constantly use painkillers due to severe migraine attacks and are resistant to drug treatment. GON block procedure does not have any side effects. In addition to improving headaches and quality of life, it also reduces chronic medication consumption and related side effects.

Occipital Nerve Blocking Procedures

The occipital nerve is directly related to the trigeminovascular system, the brain region responsible for migraine attacks. By applying local anesthetic and/or steroid (cortisone) or radiofrequency current to this nerve with the help of ultrasonography or nerve stimulation technique, reversible sodium channels in the nerve fibers are blocked, thus causing pain in the (trigeminvascular) area to which the nerve is connected and associated with migraine headache. The formation of stimuli is prevented. Radiofrequency application also provides a regulatory effect (modulation effect) against the mechanism that creates migraine pain in the nervous system.