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Botox and migraine pain. I have been getting injections of Botox in my forehead and neck muscles...
for 5 years. My insurance company no longer wants to pay for the Botox stating that there are "no scientific evidence from well-conducted, randomized controlled trials or cohort studies demonstarting that Botox is an effective treatment that has a beneficial effect on health outcomes for neck pain and migraine headaches."
I beg to differ.
I need to submit studies to my insurance company. Can someone lead me in the right direction to find these studies?
Teena,
We have an article here, Intradermal Botox for Migraine, Headache, Pain Disorders. There's a link near the bottom of the article to the original research poster too. There are many, many articles in medical journals. Good journals to look in are Headache and Cephalalgia. You can research on PubMed.
Ask someone at your insurance company if they'll pay for amitriptyline, gabapentin, and verapamil. I'll bet they say, "Yes," and there are as many studies on Botox as there are on those medications.
There are over 100 medications in use for Migraine prevention, yet only 4 of them are FDA approved. I can't really prove it, but I suspect that insurance companies don't want to pay for Botox because of the cost.
Good luck,
Teri
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