Botox for migraines, side effects??

Question

hubby had injections in the head and neck for chronic migraines this week and is now suffering even worse headaches with no relief from medications. is this normal?? he has called his doc, but they seem to think it is normal and to give it 10 days to work. what is he to do about the severe headache and nausuea?? Help please with info or advise..

Answer 1

Botox is not always the miracle that the medical doctors claim, after all it is a poison. Apply ice packs to the area of injections for fifteen minutes at a time, several times a day.

keep the diet very light: white rice , soup, bananas and yogurt. Unfortunately you have to wait until this medicine goes out out of the body.

Answer 2

I get Botox for Migraines.. It has been really good for me. I would have 10-15 day migraines with a few days between (feeling badly from all the medicine the prior 15 days), and then another migraine would arrive. The Botox has helped me a lot, I get the headaches still, but they are more manageable with otc meds and do not last but a day or two now.
In the beginning I did have what felt like worse headaches, but that was just the one time. I assumed I was having another bad one.
I have had this treatment for almost 2 years now and the only side effects I find, and I don't know if it is age or side effects from the Botox, is my vision seems to be more blurry these days.

If you have migraines like I had them, I would definitely recommend this treatment.

Answer 3

We have treated 15 - 20 yrs cases.
There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation;
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment. I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Avoid late sleeping if possible;spicy, sour, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, sweet fruits, milk, rice and good sleep will help you.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it isvery strong.
If it is acute pl search a painful point 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. – 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector – 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.

Answer 4

There's a new development in migraine therapy:
http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html