Botox scheduled to be redone in a week, but was given cortisone shot for heel pain. Will there be any negative interaction between the two? I know that some meds cannot be combined with Botox. Thanks!
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It is rare to have pain after BOTOX. Sometimes patients have headaches after botox injections, other times a sensory nerve may have been touched by the injection needle and this is not irritated and causing pain. Anti-inflammatory medication should help.
The injector may have hit a nerve when injecting the Botox. This happens on occasion and has no lasting effects. This could possibly happen again or it may not. Hope this helps.
Hi CF. It's difficult to say without a before and after picture, but one possibility is that if part of the muscle was relaxed and part was not, you may be noticing the part that was not relaxed. Injection technique is important when treating this area, so consider a second opinion if you d...
