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Will you do Botox or use injectable CGRP monoclonal antibodies in patients on anticoagulation?

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Neurology · UPMC

I use Botox and injectable CGRP monoclonal antibodies in patients on anticoagulation. I do not check INR prior to using Botox if patients are on AC. I have been practicing headache medicine since 2013 and have never noticed increased bleeding in patients on AC during a Botox procedure. The injection...

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Neurology · Greater Boston Headache Center at Boston Advanced Medicine

I have not done either in a patient on anticoagulation. If I had to, I would prefer the GCRP antibody because it involves only one injection as opposed to thirty-one. I prefer to do those injections in the abdomen and would make sure to apply good hemostasis. Of course, under those circumstances, we...

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