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Article: Botox for back pain; You may have considered botox for your frown lines. But now these muscle-paralysing jabs are being put to more serious use.(M Health)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2002
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Byline: JOYCE WALTER
BOTOX, the cosmetic surgeons' handy tool, could provide a breakthrough in treating back-pain sufferers.
Dr Kevin Markham, a pain-relief specialist at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, has been pioneering the botox treatment with impressive results. He reports that some patients are achieving 80 to 90 per cent pain relief.
"We are injecting ...