How Long Does A Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) Block Last? What is the Best Method to Extend Headache and Migraine Relief?

The duration of action will vary with both the method of delivery, the anesthetic utilized and characteristics of the individual patients. The new tran-snasal catheter delivery devices all deposit anesthetic over the mucosa covering the pterygopalatine fossa. The three devices are the Sphenocath, the Allevio and the TX360 used in the MiRx protocol. All three of these devices are basically …

Essential Hypertension Breakthrough: Bilateral Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks Reduce Blood Pressure, 2018 update.

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks (SPG Blocks, Pterygopalatine Ganglion Blocks) can give dramatic relief to headache, migraine, orofacial pain, TMJ disorders. cluster headache and anxiety patients.  A new article in Jan 2018 International Journal of Cardiology (abstract below) shows success with SPG Blocks in treating essential Hypertension. The minimally invasive block was effective utilized 2% lidocaine and was administered just once.  This …

Atypical Odontalgia: A Troublesome Problem Might Have A Simple Solution.

Atypical Odontalgia, often called atypical facial pain, phantom tooth pain or neuropathic tooth pain can be a nightmare for both patients and dentists. It is often considered to be a psychiatric problem due to somatization disorder or an idiopathic disorder but neither of these constitute an actual diagnosis. Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia is the diagnosis sometimes given but that is also a …

Sinus Arrest Treated by Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block.

A article from Headache (abstract below) details how a Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block used to treat pain of postherpetic neuralgia and coincidentally stopped bradycardia associated with sinus arrest. It was assumed that treating the pain was the reason the sinus arrest was corrected but it is possible it was a direct effect on the autonomic nervous system. While generally SPG Blocks …

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation: 50 Years of Safety and Efficacy

The concept of doing Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks is over 100 years old and was first described by Sluder in 1908 for Sluder’s Neuralgia.  Current thinking is what Sluder described was Cluster Headache, Autonomic Cephalgias or Temporomandibular disorders including trigeminal neuralgia. There is a long history of safety with these blocks and many means of delivering them. Dentists and ENT’s are …

Bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block reduces blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension

I have been utilizing bilateral SPG Blocks to treat TMJ pain, MPD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Tension Headaches, Migraine Headaches, Dluster Headaches and Fibromyalgia.  SPG Blocks can be used to reverse central sensitization and can serve as a replacement for a host of medications utilized for headaches, anxiety, depression, neuralgias not only saving reources but also reducing harmful side effects. This …

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks: Are these Autonomic Blocks the Answer to Reduced Sexual Desire. Self-Administration of SPG Blocks is Key!

I routinely utilize Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks or SPG Blocks to treat patients with chronic pain issues. These include TMJ disorders, headaches, migraines, myofascial pain and dysfunction, anxiety, panic attacks and other problems associated with Autonomic Sympathetic Overload.  While there are numerous methods of delivering SPG Blocks my preferred method is a cotton-tipped continual feed nasal catheter.  The results are similar …

Doctors Discuss SPG Blocks: Their First Personal Experience with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks.

I recently taught a course in Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Seattle Washington to Neuromuscular Dentists. After the 90 minute lecture close to 100 doctors and their teams lined up to have SPG Blocks. This first Video is a dentist who has been in pain most of her life. She does not remember even a single day where she was out …

SPG Blocks: Are they a medical Miracle? This information is from a patent application for a Sphenopalatine Ganglion stimulator.

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks: SPG Blocks are also commonly called Pterygopalatine Ganglion Blocks These are an amzing number of medical claims found in patents for using Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulators to treat many medical conditions. In my experience patients can get these same results with self administered SPG Block. It is important to understand that the Sphenopalatine Ganglion is actually a part …