Botox for back pain and "regular" versus migraine headaches.
This feature presents information for patients in a question and answer format. It is written to simulate actual questions that many pain patients ask and to provide answers in a context and language that most pain patients will comprehend. Issues addressed in this issue are the use of botulinum toxin to treat back pain and differences between tension-type and migraine headaches.
Fishman
Scott M
SM
Division of Pain Medicine, University of California at Davis, USA. smfishman@ucdavis.edu
D001416:Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009465:Neuromuscular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D009465:Neuromuscular Agents; D019274:Botulinum Toxins, Type A