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Reviewer: lhasamom, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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44 years with migraines, tried nearly all meds available. This treatment is PAINFUL! Anxiety prior to treatment and pain during not worth it to me. Some drooping of eyelid and eyebrow, some numbness-all eventually went away. There HAS to be a better way to administer this drug!
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Experienced weak neck muscles for about 5 days after the injections. Felt like I needed a neck brace to hold my head up. I had a very stiff neck prior to the inj, the inj loosened the cervical joints up. Very pleased with the reduction in migraines. I have gone from 4/wk down 1/wk in 1 mointh.
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Reviewer: Grams1, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Have had migraines for almost 40 years. This was the last option for me. Now my head feels very heavy due to paralysing of neck muscles which are in constant spasm.Have to rest my head ofton. Had to get Lidocaine patches. Also drooping eyelds, sinus infection, throat ulissues. Agreed to injections but elimination neck and shoulders injections. Still have HA some even more violent. I would ra
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Reviewer: 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I had tried many medications for migraines with no relief. Over the years I had gone from a couple migraines a month to one migraine every day. Botox injections were painful (after 20+ injections). There was numbness and soreness at the sites. Was told that this may or may not work. It is like any other thing out there...I feel like a guinea pig. I just really hope that someday I can get bac
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Reviewer: kathy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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After trying many different RX's I have found Botox injections to rid the migraines. The only issues I have is that it takes up to 10 days to begin to work, relief is for 3-4 weeks vs 3-4 months, drooping eyelids, loss of neck muscle / upper shoulder strength.Those who suffer from frequent migraines will find 3-4 weeks of relief a great break! I still need to take Topamax and slowly reduce my
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