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===Other=== Intranasal [[lidocaine]] (sprayed in the ipsilateral nostril) may be an effective treatment with patient resistant to more conventional treatment.<ref name=CHandM2019/> [[Octreotide]] administered subcutaneously has been demonstrated to be more effective than placebo for the treatment of acute attacks.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=21718584 |pmc=2907610 |year=2010 |last1=Matharu |first1=M |title=Cluster headache |journal=BMJ Clinical Evidence |volume=2010 }}</ref> Sub-occipital steroid injections have shown benefit and are recommended for use as a transitional therapy to provide temporary headache relief as more long term prophylactic therapies are instituted.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Malu |first1=Omojo Odihi |last2=Bailey |first2=Jonathan |last3=Hawks |first3=Matthew Kendall |title=Cluster Headache: Rapid Evidence Review |journal=American Family Physician |date=January 2022 |volume=105 |issue=1 |pages=24β32 |pmid=35029932 |url=https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2022/0100/p24.html#afp20220100p24-b45 |issn=1532-0650 |access-date=30 October 2022 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030054813/https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2022/0100/p24.html#afp20220100p24-b45 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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