Headaches

Botox Headache: Cause or Cure?
Lee Dobbins

Defined Tag: Botox Headache.

Among the side effects of Botox treatment are headaches.  These Botox headaches are more of an annoyance than anything else and are not serious but can last for a few hours or a few days.  A Botox headache is a persistent nagging pain that doesn't get too bad but never really goes away.  Strangely enough, one of the applications of Botox is to treat headaches.

A headache treatment whose side effects may be headaches? Only in this modern world of medicines replete with side effects--some of which seem more severe than the affliction the medicine is treating to begin with--does that make sense. And even then, it's an iffy proposition. But regardless of how much sense it makes, the fact remains, the Botox headache cure is the hottest new thing around.

When Botox is used as a headache cure it should be injected into the skin not the muscle.  They seem to work rather well in relieving the symptoms of migraines particularly those where other medications did not seem to work.  However, Botox has not been approved by the FDA for use on headaches and the long-term risks are not known.  If you feel like you need Botox for your headache and you should talk to your doctor to decide whether or not Botox is  for you.  And a further word of warning; in one study, it was only effective for complete headache relief in about a third of the patients it was tested on. Another third found partial relief from headaches, and a third experienced no significant differences. Other studies have had better results.

Those who suffer from Botox headaches as a result of using Botox to treat wrinkles (or one of the many other new uses scientists are finding for it) may be surprised to hear this, but in fact, Botox may very well be an excellent cure for headaches. The Botox headache cure, the next big thing? May be!