Re: botox injections into muscles anyone?

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.... he immediately jumped into talking about botox. He is a fairly

flippant kind of guy. He minimizes most everything so there was not

a very good discussion about it.. just how his partners are booked

up giving them and that I should get them from another doc in town.

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Red Flag! Red Flag! Red Flag!

(1) Botox is a derivative of curare (the poison that some South

American Indians use on their blow gun darts to kill small birds and

animals). I will concede that used in small doses it does have

certain beneficial medical effects and can be used safely. HOWEVER -

that does not change the fact that it is derived from an extremely

toxic poison. Some people can and do get very nasty adverse

reactions to it. My personal opinion is that its use should be

reserved for those cases where other treatment options have failed.

It should not be used as the front line tool just because it is

quick and easy to administer for a temporary fix.

(2) Barb just completed her paper on Doctor-Patient communications.

If any topic deserves adequate communication between doctor and

patient, I would submit that a procedure like this has to qualify.

(3) His partners are booked up giving them because it is an

extremely profitable procedure for doctors. I don't know what they

charge for trigger point work, but the going rate for wrinkles was

between $500 and $1500 per injection the last time I checked on

it.