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(Message started by: cazman on Aug 21^st, 2003, 7:57pm)

Title: i heard of new treatment today
Post by cazman on Aug 21^st, 2003, 7:57pm

i was listening to bz raidio where i live and they were talking about these new shots in certian muscel on your back , neck, face ect... that stop ch for a month to 2 months, but it cost $1000 per proceedure , are we being price gouged by the health industury or what ?.
the meds that do work are thru the roof price wise its like the worst off you are the more it will cost you to feel better, its all about profit at least in the states it is i dont know about other countries, but it makes me sick a, enough that i would move to canada if i could afford to move there.

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by Patrick_A on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 4:49am

Aint no doubt about it Cazman. The US labs are all about Profit. My Neuro told me the reason CH is relatively unknown is strictly due to the unprofitibility of it! Only way its ever gonna have any type research done for it is through profit raising by people like us!

Patrick

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by don on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 8:21am

So, praytell, who is the certified shaman hawking the miracle shots.

Fenway Franks Here! Get Ya Hotdogs Here !

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by Bob P on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 8:44am

Sounds like the Botox treatment.

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by don on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 10:07am

So for $1000.00 I can get treatment for my CH (?) and have Carley Simon lips?

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by JDH on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 10:33am

Can I getta dog over here?

Don, you're so vain I'll bet you thought that song was about you.

Jim

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by don on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 12:10pm

Quote:

you're so vain I'll bet you thought that song was about you.

LMMFAO

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by cazman on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 2:54pm

lol to funny they were not say much in details but it was not botox , so what can we all do to raise awareness im in on anything , just how many people have ch anyways , iknow its not gonna be accurate hell i just found out these massive head aches have a name . carley simon whos that? she sing for mettalica.

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by litlgriz on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 3:02pm

are you talkin bout occip,blocks,,,,,,,,,,much like epids given in spine,i e, pregnant women,,,,,,,,pain n nerve blokers,chronic back pain patients rcv these also,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,litlgrizz

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by r_headache on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 3:17pm

I read about this in the Wall St Journal yesterday. It is the Botox injections and they cost about $1000 per treatment. They are doing a study with the results expected in about 1-2 years.

Title: Re: i heard of new treatment today
Post by UnsolvedEquation on Aug 22^nd, 2003, 8:04pm

I've had some shots in the back of my neck at the bottom of my skull. They were "Occipital Nerve Blocks". Is that what you were reading about or was it Botox? I've heard that the Botox injections were not all that successful.