Botox for pain relief??????

pokerdiva · Post by **pokerdiva** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:41 am

I saw this piece on my news station this evening http://www.9news.com/news/health/articl ... ryid=74697 but apparently botox has a lot of pain relieving qualities that get overlooked because its used for cosmetic reasons as well. Maybe, just maybe it could be used to help RLS and Fibro, I know RLS doesn't involve muscle spasms, but maybe it can help in other ways somehow.

rfishburn · Post by **rfishburn** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:50 am

One of the doctors in my wife's office said botox could be used in the legs for people with rls....it would be an interesting shot.

rfishburn · Post by **rfishburn** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:52 am

Here are the results of a google search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rls+and+botox

pokerdiva · Post by **pokerdiva** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:56 am

i'd try it. without a second thought, I would put deadly toxins in my body to see if it would work. I'm desparate for some pain relief that lasts more then 2 hours.

And if the botox needle happened to slip and say hit a few wrinkles under my eyes then that might be ok to. I'm only 31 years old and I have bags under my eyes, I'm so vain. You ever feel like you didn't enjoy your youth enough so when you still have some in you but not as much as you did you want to take advantage of it? I got my nose pierced so I would feel hipper and younger, uggg! its not working. hehe.

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:06 am

One of our members had the botox done. It did not help her. It's really new though (for RLS), so not many people have tried it and reported about it here.

If anyone tries it. . .you know the drill :wink: