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severe pain after botox in calves

asked 11 months ago by Gainesville8308
Latest answer by Ronald Shelton, MD
Question viewed 210 times
Tags: calves, alternative, options, pain

 

Cant use ibuprophen and is autistic cannot handle the ice packs what else can be tried her dr won't give her pain meds for the side effects

 

4 answers to severe pain after botox in calves

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Botox for spastic muscles

If the botox did not help minimize the pain by minimizing the spastic muscle then possibly seeing a neurologist who has a lot of experience with this may help her. Nerve conduction studies or using an EMG with botox may be necessary to identify which exact muscle is the problem.
Ronald Shelton, MD

Manhattan Dermatologist
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Botox for muscle spasm (medical not cosmetic) does not cause pain: spasm does.

If your child has had Botox injected into the calf muscles for properly diagnosed muscle spasm, by a properly-trained neurologist or neuromuscular disease specialist, then this physician should be offering suggestions for how to manage discomfort. Botox injections do not cause pain themselves, so if there is pain, something else is going on. If your physician will not offer help, go to the nearest emergency room in a sophisticated hospital to get help. If you got treatment from anyone... more
Jessica J. Krant, MD, MPH

Manhattan Dermatologic Surgeon

www.ArtofDermatology.com

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Severe pain after Botox in calves is not caused by Botox

Botox injections do not cause pain in the area injected. Botox interferes with the signal from the nerve to the muscle to contract. These are motor nerves, not sensory ones that relay messages to the brain about pain. Also, if Botox was injected for muscle spasm, it is the spasm that can cause pain, not the Botox injection. Please take the patient to the injecting physician or the emergency room as Botox injections are not the cause of pain in this case. more
Emily Altman, MD

Short Hills Dermatologic Surgeon
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Pain after Botox in calves

Your question states severe pain in calves after Botox? Where was the Botox injected? I would discuss all options with your injecting physician as I have never had a complaint of calve pain post Botox treatment!
Michael Elam, MD

Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

michaelelammd.com

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