Injections of toxin, Botox, which is praised as a way to remove wrinkles, can also reduce headaches. The study, presented in an American medical conference showed that Botox can reduce some types of headaches.

Botox is to eliminate wrinkles and smooth the facial skin that stands for Botulinum toxin type A. But many headache sufferers call it a miracle. Botox is a pure form of the toxin that causes food poisoning. Several studies presented at the conference on headache in Seattle, Washington state, the United States showed that the botox injections in the head, neck and shoulder, can relieve pain.

Doctor Tod Troost from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, said one of the biggest advantages is that the botox for patients with botox is no side effects compared with other treatments. "In essence, in this case there are no side effects, and now we find that this will probably be our primary means of treatment for people who suffer from chronic headaches that are not cured by other treatments."

In the study Dr. Troost, 134 people suffering from headaches that can not be treated, either migraine, chronic headaches, or headaches caused by tension, given botox injections every three months. Altogether, 84 percent reported improvement.

In the headache clinic in Houston, in Texas, 112 patients who were given Botox injections decreased pain by 75 percent. Research Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona found that more than half of the 48 people who suffer from migraines experience pain reduction of 50 percent after receiving botox injections.

An other study Houston, at Baylor University School of Medicine, compared the botox injection with water injection as a placebo in two groups of people for 12 weeks. The leader of the study, said Dr. William Ondo, 53 percent of patients who received botox injections reported at least better than those who received an injection of water that only 7 percent. "So our conclusion, that for patients who suffer from chronic headaches every day, which is usually regarded as the patient's headaches are the most difficult to treat, injection of botulinum toxin seems to alleviate the pain many of these patients and it seems pretty safe."

Researchers have also learned that giving more injections of botox seems to be better than less. The patients were participants in the course of a study the University of Wake Forest got from one to four injections. Medium whole, 84 percent of patients who according to Dr. Troost number increased to 92 percent for those who received four injections.

"It seems that for some Botox injections are very effective, especially if we give some injections. "

But Mayo Clinic researcher Eric Eross found that while some patients experienced major progress in his studies, while others are not progressing, so he says, botox is not for everyone.

He also found that frequent use of other drugs at the same time can affect the effectiveness of botox. "We know that new research on other drugs to excess in causing the drug was not effective. So we wanted to see if it happens also on the botox. So we compare patients who do not use other drugs with patients who use other drugs. We found that three and a half times more patients will respond to botox if not using other drugs. "Botox helps reduce headaches as eliminating wrinkles in facial skin. Botox to relax muscles. The doctors said, Botox is also treating the other, blocking substances that cause pain. Botox is expensive according to its efficacy to treat headaches. Single shot worth a thousand dollars, but often pay for health insurance that treatment in the United States.