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Consider This Clinical Chemodenervation Example

Published on Thu Aug 04, 2022

Question: Encounter notes indicate a patient reports complaining of chronic migraine headaches. The patient states that they have had 18 headache days per month lasting longer than four hours each for four months. Average pain rated 6/10. Botox injections have been helpful in the past, with a 60 percent reduction in headache intensity. The patient currently reports photophobia and sensitivity to [...]
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