[Steff]

has anyone used or read about botox for PN or neuropathic pain.i knw it is used for mucsle pain. doc wants to inject in foot
thoughts? info? research?
steff

[MelodyL]

Steff:

I did a yahoo search on Botox for Neuropathic pain and these two gave some information. Hope this helps.


http://www.painstudy.ru/wcp/neuropathic1.htm


http://www.nationalpainfoundation.or...Month_0611.asp

[rose]

If you decide to do it, get independent confirmation that the doc is absolutely expert. Botox misplaced can be devastating, according to someone I know who experienced a badly placed shot.

rose

[Yorkiemom]

Gee Steff, I don't know about this. You are already sick from something that has been injected into your body, and I am assuming this cannot be retrieved. I think I would be very skeptical of having any other foreign material of any kind injected or placed into a body that obviously doesn't like foreign material...

Just my opinion...
Cathie

[Steff]

yes i know about doing something else that will go wrong, that is why i am asking this time and thinking more about it, and just jumping in.
being in a chair is miserable, i want to walk, but i do not want to get worse this time, so i get it
what was the awful that happened to the person you know?
thanks

[Silverlady]

Steff,
I suffer from Pudendal Neuropathy along with my sensory neuropathy. It makes terrible pain in my sit-down area on one side. I actually had botox injections in the muscle on the side where all the pain was. Horribly expensive and did absolutely no good whatsoever. Think about this long and hard.

What did the doctor hope to achieve by doing this? What muscle was he trying to get to relax? It's my understanding that botox is a powerful muscle relaxer.

Oh and I forgot.... My little grandson had a stroke about a year and half ago. It left him with the typical paralyzed side. He's regained pretty good motion with the leg, but the arm is drawn up into the usual arm and hand you see on someone who has had a stroke. They told us he has too much spasticity and tone in the arm. A way of saying the muscles are rigid. They tried Botox injections into his arm to relax it. Nada...no help at all. It did nothing.

Think about what you are doing and what is he trying to achieve?

Billye

[rose]

My friend had a serious muscle imbalance. Instead of injecting in the right place, the weak muscle was made even weaker.

rose

[Steff]

thank you all for your input and keep it coming-
the goal is pain reduction of nerve signals in planter of foot and ankle.
if it did nothing that would be fine. it will not cost me.
but if it did worse then........
i am going ask other docs too.
steff

[LizaJane]

My understanding of BOTOX is that it temporarily sedates MOTOR nerves. If you have a sensory neuropathy, I can't see how it would help.

[Yorkiemom]

Are you wanting this because of pain in the plantar fascia? If so, you can get an injection in the plantar fascia, that will not do harm, simply by having a podiatrist inject it with lidocaine and a little steroid. It is not the most comfortable thing to have done, but I got good relief from the pain for quite some time afterwards...

Are you not able to walk because of pain in the feet? Plantar Fasciatis?

Cathie

By the way, the injecting Podiatrist mentioned that he could tell that there was a lot of inflammation in the fascia when he did the injection. He recommended that I see a Rheumatologist for treatment for inflammation...