Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Botox jabs ease diabetic pain
Botox could be a new treatment for a common symptom of diabetes. A new study has shown that the toxin can ease the chronic foot pain caused by the disease. Foot pain occurs as a result of damage to nerves, especially those in the lower legs and feet. This pain often doesn't respond to standard painkillers. In a study published in the journal Neurology, Taiwanese doctors tested Botox on 18 patients. Half the diabetic patients had an injection of Botox in each foot; the rest were given a saltwater solution injection. At the start of the study, the average pain score on a scale of 0 to 10 was 6.36. After the Botox therapy, patients reported a drop of 2.53 in their pain scores. Researchers admitted they had no rational explanation for the effect...more
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Chronic pain is very severe and this affects people's life, long known to people who suffered from a strange disease, were strong back pains, which were intense and not let them work, as was what they said were the doctor and he prescribed oxycodone, vicodin for pain, but knew it was a very powerful medicine, and moreover, anxiolytics, and worry that they were doing things that previously did not like eating too much, smoking, etc, and read in findrxonline that this drug is well and that we must be very careful with their use, and everything must be under medical prescription.
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