A new research reveals that Botox combined with surgery offers hope for migraine sufferers

Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center reported that they found a technique that helps reduce migraine attacks from up to three episodes a week down to one every couple of months.

Botox is used to pinpoint particular muscles in the forehead, back of head or temples which often triggers for migraines when they irritate, trap nerves or compress. Botox freezes the muscle so they no longer compress or irritate the nerve preventing the migraine or lessening its intense.

The procedure is hit and miss.  The surgeon will inject Botox into one muscle at a time and leave the patient for a couple of days to see if it had any effect. If the Botox had an effect the surgeon knows that he had targeted the right muscle. But if the patient keeps having migraines the surgeon knows that he had targeted the wrong muscle and will inject Botox into another different muscle.

Source: www.cosmeticsurgerybible.com/2007/news/botox-helps-in-the-fight-against-migraines/

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