Migraine Relief? - Botox!

From a recent report by Ann Godlasky.

Headaches distract. Migraines can debilitate. Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from the throbbing pain, costing employers approx £9 billion a year in the US from missed workdays and impaired work function, according to research reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
"You can be out for three days — lie there and not move, feel nauseous but not throw up — it's incapacitating," says Jeanne Safer, 61, a New York psychotherapist who has suffered regular migraines for about a decade.
But new treatments in the pipeline may help control the pain. Some "exciting" new drugs are coming into the headache field, says Alan Rapoport, a UCLA professor of neurology who has studied headaches for 35 years.
Scientists still haven't agreed on a single cause of migraines, although genetic and hormonal factors and some environmental triggers often play a part. Triptans is the most commonly prescribed class of migraine drug.
The heart warnings on triptans make some patients nervous, including Safer. But because she endures about 15 headaches a month, she's settled on taking her triptan, Maxalt, in addition to getting Botox injections every 2½ months and — if the pain is unbearable and she has used up her medication — shots of lidocaine, an anaesthetic. Migraine patients who received Botox had fewer days with headaches compared with those who got dummy injections, according to two studies funded by Allergan. Botox is approved for cosmetic use, and Allergan announced in September it will seek approval for use against migraines.

Hyperhidrosis

Botox treatments seem to be in the news frequently, and one of the most recent. which has incredible life-improving effects, is that for hyperhidrosis, or more commonly known as excess-sweating.
A recent story in the Daily Mail featured a model and actress called Gaynor Carrington who had suffered from excessively sweaty feet for years.
I her own words, "Having sweaty feet sounds like a relatively trivial condition. In fact it has made me utterly miserable. By the time I was in my late 20s it was seriously affecting my career, my personal life and even my personality.
I could never relax. I always had to make sure I had baby wipes with me to wipe my feet down. And i was even beginning to turn down work that involved waring open shoes."
The problem is caused by over-activity of a type of sweat gland called the eccrine gland which are found almost everywhere on the body but in greater quantities on the palms, soles and armpits. Some people suffer from over-production of sweat virtually all the time, not just under normal circumstances such as reducing body heat, nervousness, bodily exertion.
Advanced botox practitioners can provide treatment which paralyses the nerves of the sweat glands, preventing them from releasing fluid. www.dermalclinic.co.uk can provide more information and the advanced practitioners to help with this embarassing problem and really help improve the client's esteem.
As Gaynor said, following tretament, " It was the best thing I've ever done. It has completely transformed my life."