: Could you tell me how much Botox should cost in Australia? The website below states about $300 to $400 a session but I have heard it can cost much more than this.Botox Australia
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: : : The piriformis muscle in my case needed rest, no stretching. Well, the neurological message to the brain is saying that the muscle has been overused, it will not stretch when I sit. I found a doctor who is familiar with PS. I am getting a botox injection in just a few days. It should remedy the problem. The botox will keep the muscle relaxed when doing the exercises for the next 6 to 8 months. The nerve passage will soon send the correct message to the brain.
: : Right now, I have an identical problem. I am an R.N. and cannot work because I cannot stand, sit, or walk for any length of time...no more than 10-15 minutes. Today, I saw an anesthesiologist/ pain spesensoredt who is first going to inject into the piriformis with cortisone. If that works, even for day or two, he'll go ahead with the Botox. Naturally, I'm scared that the poison will hit the nerve rather than the muscle, which would be disastrous.
: : Do you know of anyone who has had this done with a successful outcome?
: : Good luck with your injection and let me know how it turns out for you.
: : Sincerely,
: : Susan
: FROM: SUSAN ROSSINO
: Hi, I am a little confused about an email that it seems as though I wrote in its entirety. I did not. My email is a response to the person who was injured on the job in 1997, and begins, "..I have an identical problem" and ends with the question about anyone having had the Botox injection. I have had my Botox injection X2 at an exorbitant cost (approx. $600./ea) and neither worked at all. It was the opinion of the physician that perhaps the correct spot was not "hit", and we agreed to give it another shot (no pun intended). That did no good either. It was just as bad as it had been before it. In my experience, Botox seems not to work in a case like mine. This pain is entirely in the sensoredock and down the leg to the back of the knee, the hip, and the bottom of the tailbone. The pain that I do experience sometimes in my low back, abdomen, joints, etc. I think may be from the way I have adjusted my walk over the past 10 years. I truly I could have given some of you folks out there some hope with regard to Botox as a new and curative modality, but it just didn't help me. If anyone out there has found anything that works to stop that "toothache" in the sensoredock, anything at all, please let me know. I will try anything--hypnosis, acupuncture, anything. If anyone out there has had more than one Botox shot, but now they have relief from the last one, I want to know that also. SUSAN R.
Posted By mickg on May 04, 2008 at 03:09:04:
