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supercyberlurker t1_jdrlp8a wrote

> Injecting carefully measured doses of the neurotoxin into specific parts of the body can be a handy way for trained medical specialists to switch off targeted muscles responsible for pain or cosmetic problems.

See.. it's the psychology and the wording behind that paragraph.. that keeps me far away from botox.

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Jantra t1_jds3ppj wrote

It is a life saving measure for some conditions. I have an unknown condition of the jaw muscles that has lead to suicidal levels of pain. Imagine living with a Charlie horse in your face 24/7, without end. Botox was the only thing that ever stopped the pain for me.

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recursive_while_loop t1_je435lg wrote

Glad it helped! Did you ever get tested my a TMJD specialist? I had daily migraines until my jaw got fixed by a specialist

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Jantra t1_je4w9ja wrote

I did! My joints are doing surprisingly well given how bad my condition is. I very rarely ever get migraines thankfully.

The muscles of my jaw were the start of it, but now it’s jaw, neck, shoulders, and creeping down my back. I am beginning to think that my stomach is also being affected as well. Everything slowly cramps up tighter and tighter and tighter and nothing we have tried really stops it other than THC/CBD combos, but I dislike taking higher doses because of how much it makes my head feel spinny and the lethargic feeling. Been through three of the top specialists at UPenn and Jefferson (all in Philly) and have yet to have a doctor fully figure out what’s going on. They thought it was a form of Dystonia for a long time but now they have classified it as unknown again.

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recursive_while_loop t1_je7h6a6 wrote

Damn! Well glad the botox helped and that you figure it out. I had a thing that only got into the medical journal two years ago so that one took a bit of time to figure out too.

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Ninotchk t1_jds3b2q wrote

Why? A local targeted treatement is awesome compared to a systemic drug with side effects.

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PlantBasedBooger t1_jdsculd wrote

Botulinum Neurotoxin can be sold to dumb people. But it really should not.

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iligal_odin t1_jdv849k wrote

Botulinum? As in Fungus? Hell no

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PlantBasedBooger t1_jdvh9lq wrote

Botox is indeed the poison from the botulism disease...

And people inject this stuff to look "pretty". Crazy stuff!

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Four_beastlings t1_jdvqvbj wrote

Maybe you should not be sticking a toxin that kills people everywhere unsupervised. Mind you, I know it has great results for stuff like TMJ but it shouldn't be something you can get on sale injected by any random person.

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OneTrueDweet t1_jdujvrp wrote

When handled by trained medical professionals, yes. When it’s Sally three doors down who saw a few videos on the inter webs, I’ll pass.

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