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Q: Botox Stroke
asked by: rhynes on May 28th, 2006
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:( I am trying to find some info. I suffered a stroke 6 months ago and recently had botox injections. What kind of reaction should I expect and when should they take effect?
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louieann34
replied on March 21st, 2007
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Botox, is an injected toxin use to reduce old age wrinkles, and it can also help, in relieving muscle tightening and twitching that are mostly seen on stoke patients.

Botox as a form of purified toxin can cause botulism food poisoning but still can help in erasing wrinkles...Botox is a popular weapon of most people that are seeking to hide their age.

Also researchers said that, targeted injection of Botox can also ease the pain of several types of headache, including migraine and tension headache.
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oc1dean
replied on November 18th, 2008
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Botox will just paralyze the muscle that was injected for about 3 months. It is only useful if the opposing muscle is ready to be controlled by the brain. By itself Botox will not automatically start getting your affected muscles to move. You still need to use neuroplasticity to be able to control your muscles again. I had my biceps botoxed which allowed my triceps to actually move my arm. It didn't work for my finger flexors since my fingers extensors were totally dead, I haven't been able to move control of them to another part of my brain. Ask your doctor about other treatments for spasticity, he/she will not be able to list any
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