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.