How long did your Botox headache last?

I have a question for you. How long did the headace last. When did you have it done? I had it done about three weeks ago. I have been suffering with headaces too.

I had a horrific migrane tension headache after my botox injection. On the tenth day of constant headache with no Advil, Ibuprofin etc helping I took Amrix a strong muscle relaxor upon going to bed. i woke up and my headache has been gone ever since.
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Mine last until it wears off....excruciating.

I have had Botox 3 times this year.. I have had received 25-30 units each time.. I too have had headaches. I have found taking a pain pill like Hydrocodone helps if the Advil doesn't. But the Head ache does come back for the first 2-3 weeks after the injections..But it does get better. Do I feel it was worth it .. Yes ! I am vain .. I love the look of my brows and forehead ..lol..

I was told by my neurologist almost a yr ago to stop taking ibuprophen because it "plans" your next headache for you. It has helped quite a bit. I can take tylenol without any problems but it seldom works. I'm on maintenance meds and rescue meds and they don't seem to work either most of the time. They said the ibuprophen causes rebound headaches and it becomes more of a vicious cycle. Would't it be great to find a cure?! Good luck to all...

Hello Stacy,
I agree with you. Is your doctor giving you something like Relpax or Imitrex for the headaches? That is what I take and as he said taking too much of any of these drugs on a daily basis will give you re-bound headaches. I go on line most days looking for an answer for these headaches and learned that Migraines are a disease which has no cure. That really hit home. So we have to suffer with them. Maybe someday someone will discover a cure. I hope to see it in my life time. Take care

Hi Stacey thank you for that information. I have heard a few things about brufen over the years but have basically ignored the advice. But this makes sense to me. I will definitely not take it as much as poss in future. Thanks and God bless x

I had my first botox treatment about a year ago and had a permanent non-stop migraine for 3 weeks and I thought it was just a bad migraine. I had a second treatment some weeks ago and this is my second week with a permanent migraine again. I will NEVER get BOTOX again! this is horrible...not worth it

i have a salon in uk and i have recently taken on a leading expert in admin - botox and fillers. do my dismay i have also suffered with these headaches althouth mine is more like when u pull your neck when u turn to quickly and is behind my right ear. i told our botox lady about this who also said she has never had anyone with this symtom before and after coming on this site i find very hard to belive and will be getting to the bottom of this. i had my botox 3 weeks ago and to be honest i first had the pain in both sides but now i only have it on the right hand side so i do feel some what lucky. to add insult to injury my botox only worked on one side of my head the otherside is still as before, totally gutted!!! i thought i was safe since i had this done in my own salon and seems none of us r safe, be very careful ladies i will be pulling botox from my treatments as i would not like to give this to my worst enermy , let alone with a hefty price tag xxx be careful everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just curious, what side did it work on the side of the pain or other?

I had 10 units injected 3 days ago and for the first time after botox injections I have an excruciating headache that seems immune to pain killers. Definitely not worth it

me too how long does it last i am the worst ive ever ben advice?

I'm 44 and have been getting Botox every 6-7 months for about three years. It seems that for me, they just keep getting worse. Now my headaches are daily for approximately six weeks after I have it done. It's gotten to the point that I'm considering no longer doing it, but most likely I'll wait longer before my next treatment and then see how it goes. Migraines run in my family so I'm assuming it's an allergic reaction (it seems most things i like can set one off) and not some sort if permant damage I'm doing.

I too have had a constant headache since 4 days after my injection of botox. I wake up in the morning with it and go to bed at night with it. Medication doesn't really touch it. Has anyone had success in relieving it? Thanks for any feedback

I agree... I had every test I imaginable and am fine..it all points to the botox . Headaches on and off for months until botox wears off!!

only two trips to the er and morphine still sufferring two weeks into it

no none

Muscle relaxers at night. But dosnt cure them.

I know my comment is a few years later than your post but wondered if you were getting any relief yet? The first time I had botox it didn't work. I tried it again and used double the dose this time and it worked. You will have what they call a botox headache for a couple weeks but it should go away and you should be headache free for about three months. I know everyone is different and that was my experience with it. Ask your doctor for a prescription of Relpax just for the use of migraines and also a preventive headache perscription of Topomax. I used 100 units the first time and 200 units of botox the second. A lot of these posts say it hasn't worked for them and they have stated that they only used low amounts of the botox so I would try it one more time and use a lot higher configuration but be careful with this because when injecting it less is more. Just inject in different spots.

Im not sure if the botox has worked on me yet. I know its early days as I only had it 5 days ago but there isnt even the slightest change. Do you think I should give it a full two weeks before I consult the therapist ?

Fourty seven,

Absolutely give it more time. My first time with botox it took 5 days for it to kick in. The second time it took two weeks. This time it has been a month and it just started working yesterday. I had my injection on Aug. 29, 2011 and it has been almost a month and I was starting to worry that it wasn't going to work but low and behold today I am headache free and it will probably last on me for about three months. I do know that the headaches are really bad until it kicks in as they say. Give it time. You know I never realized there are so many people with these cronic headaches. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one.