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Local Anesthetic Eases Migraine
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TUESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- Some migraine sufferers and people with head and neck pain can get instant relief when an inexpensive local anesthetic is injected into muscle tissue at the back of the neck, say clinical studies in Georgia and Ohio. Doctors in the emergency room at the Medical College of Georgia Medical Center (MCG) and at American Pain Specialists Inc. in Ohio injected small amounts of Marcaine into the muscle surrounding the seventh cervical vertebra, where the neck and shoulders meet. Marcaine is a long-acting pain reliever that, among other things, is routinely used to numb an area for stitches. The studies say that Marcaine seems to be 85 percent to 90 percent effective in treating migraine and head and neck pain caused by many things, including facial injuries caused by a softball, glaucoma-related eye pain, concussion and tension headaches. Along with almost immediate pain relief, the Marcaine also reduces many associated symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. Several cases are profiled in the November/December issue of Headache. "This works just like rebooting a computer or a key in the lock to turn off headache pain. We think this is somehow right to the core of how headaches happen. We think if we can unravel why this works, we will have a better understanding of why headaches happen," Dr. Larry B. Mellick, vice chairman for academic development and research at the MCG department of emergency medicine, says in a prepared statement. More information Here's where you can learn more about headache.
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