American researchers from Georgia have established that botox - a popular remedy for wrinkles - helps patients suffering from cramps cramps and related pain. Moreover, the effectiveness of Botox was higher than the traditional painkillers.

In a study conducted under the guidance of Dr. Amy Mang (Amy M. Lang), was attended by 25 patients. During a three-month course of therapy, the pain was assessed on a 10-point scale. As Lang notes, already at the eighth week of injections, the intensity of pain decreased by 40 percent.

The effect of treatment lasted more than six months.

Lang used Botox only after she found out that the pain was caused by muscular spasm. On the spasmolytic properties of this drug, which in its origin is a bacterial toxin, its use in cosmetology is also based. Botox smoothes wrinkles by relaxing the mimic muscles of medicus. En.

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