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At Shipp & Wooten Eye Center we have found that many of our patients have found relief from chronic migraines with Botox® injections. If you have fifteen or more headache days each month with migraine pain that lasts four hours or more, and regularly miss work or activities you enjoy because of debilitating migraine symptoms, there’s an effective alternative to taking headache and migraine prescription medications each time you feel a migraine coming on. Discover why Botox® may be the best proactive solution to managing your migraine pain. Botox® is the most prescribed branded chronic migraine treatment. Surprising, isn’t it? Most people think of Botox® as a cosmetic injectable that smoothes out fine lines and wrinkles across your forehead and around your eyes. While Botox® is certainly an effective anti-aging treatment, it’s also an FDA-approved chronic migraine therapy. When your provider at Shipp & Wooten Eye Center injects Botox® into seven specific muscle areas in your head and neck, the botulinum toxin — a neurotoxin that occurs in nature — helps reduce migraine pain for the next 12 weeks. How Botox® works to help you manage migraine pain? Botox® for migraines is a preventive medication. You don’t wait until you have symptoms to take it, but rather it helps prevent migraines from starting in the first place. Initially, you begin with two Botox® treatments spaced about 12 weeks apart. After your initial two Botox treatments, if you’re having fewer headaches each month, then you can continue receiving Botox injections every 12 weeks, or as your health care provider at Shipp & Wooten Eye Center recommends. During each appointment, your provider injects Botox® into the muscle groups of your head and neck. The needle is so tiny that you feel something similar to a pinprick, but nothing really painful. The injections aren’t deep either, so discomfort is minimal and temporary. Botox® goes just below your skin into the targeted muscle groups. The medication enters the nerve endings that contribute to your migraine pain. There, the botulinum toxins block the release of chemicals that transmit pain signals to your brain. As a result, the pain networks that usually come to life with the onset of a migraine no longer activate, so you don’t feel the usual pain and migraine symptoms. Botox® for migraines could cut your headache days in half. After a series of Botox® injections for migraine pain, you may have up to eight to nine fewer headache days each month. For many women and men, that’s like cutting your migraine symptoms in half — especially if you suffer from 15 or more headache days each month. Imagine waking up ready to take on the day more often than not, thanks to Botox® injections for migraine pain. When it comes to dealing with migraines, would you rather rely on prescription medications you take as soon as you feel symptoms coming on, or are you ready to try a more preventive approach with simple Botox® injections you only need every three months? We invite you to learn more about Botox® for migraines by scheduling a consultation today. Call our friendly office staff at the Shipp & Wooten Eye Center or request an appointment online.

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