Remedies For Muscle Spasticity - Articles

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MS and Muscle Spasticity by imicsome Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:26pm

9 Comments This ia what muscle spasticity looks like. As I'm already blogging before 6 am on a morning that did NOT require me to be up all freaking night for a job related issue, it can mean only one thing. MS strikes again. I'm irritable, tired, frustrated, sore and pissed off. That being said, I'll move on. No two people are effected by MS in the same ... Read on »

Botox FDA approved for spasticity Multiple Sclerosis symptom by Jeff Pile

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Posted Fri 12 Mar 2010 1:18pm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Botox , most usually injected into skin to treat severe underarm sweating or for cosmetic procedures, now as a way to treat spasticity in the flexor muscles of the elbow, wrist and fingers. While many with multiple sclerosis (MS) have already been treated with Botox before, it's always been with ... Read on »

From Medtronic, You're Invited ...To a seminar on treatment options for severe spasticity by stuart Patient Expert

Posted Tue 22 Jun 2010 12:00am You may have severe spasticity, a condition that does not allow you to voluntarily relax your muscles. Spasticity makes movement, posture, and balance difficult. It can affect your ability to move one or more of your limbs, or to move one side of your body. Spasticity is often associated with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, s ... Read on »

Another challenge by imicsome Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:26pm Been a tough few days with the muscle spasticity. All my "usual" symptoms seem worse lately and the muscle spasticity is not different. Thankfully, the muscle spasticity isn't a symptom I have frequently. Usually. Last nights episodes lasted longer than usual and well into mid morning today. During and following the muscle spasticity I had a new ... Read on »

Steroids and new symptoms by imicsome Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:26pm I hate steroids. Have only had the first infusion and already I'm wired, hot, and the feeding frenzy is fighting to commence. It's 12:00, I'm usually in bed and asleep by 9:00, which means the insomnia is starting as well. I still have 4 more infusions to get through. Going to be a long few days I'm afraid. At least the GI symptoms aren't bad yet ... Read on »

Allergan v. FDA: Where Does Disseminating Safety Information End and Promotion Begin? by HealthReformWatch.com Posted Wed 03 Feb 2010 12:00am In the Fall of 2009, the drugmaker Allergan made waves when it sued the FDA alleging that the ban on off-label promotion was chilling its “First Amendment right to share truthful medical information with physicians about how to safely use Botox off-label [to treat muscle spasticity] to achieve a benefit w ... Read on »

"Bee"-ography Monday by Ali Patient Expert

Posted Sun 29 May 2011 11:05pm We are excited to bring you another life story written by the parent/caregiver of one of our amazing bees! Noah was born almost two weeks past his due date (26th June 2001) after a normal pregnancy and birth. Everything seemed fine after he was born, except for a little trouble with his breathing, so he was taken to the special care n ... Read on »

Almost back to reality...and home by imicsome Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:25pm Today is our last day in Texas before we return home. We made the drive to San Antonio after being able to change our flight tomorrow from evening to early morning. We didn't want to make the 2 hour drive in the morning. We would have had to get up WAY to early. (I am not, never have been, nor ever will be a MORNING person. My husband, bless him, ... Read on »

The Drama of Multiple Sclerosis Drug Companies by stuart Patient Expert

Posted Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:20pm source: about.com Monday January 26, 2009 Drug companies that attempt to create and test new multiple sclerosis medications seem subject to a lot of drama these days. There seems to be a squeeze on available money and that is making investors nervous. Those investors, in turn, are trying to force companies to partner and be bought out. ... Read on »

My friend is back.... by imicsome Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 5:26pm good 'ol freaking muscle spasticity. It never really totally left, but it wasn't as severe or painful. I would watch the muscles in my legs and feet twitch and jump and my toes move all on their own. Then, on Wednesday I had a bad spasm in my left bicep. I mean a hold my breathe till I was blue, arm drawn up, cussed a blue streak spasm. Fortuna ... Read on »