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Subject:                Re: Bacfolen
Date sent:              Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:41:19 -0500

>
> > Hi again,
> >
> >      I have another question while contemplating getting Bacfolen shots.
> > My mother, who is a registered nurse, looked up the medicine in her book
> > and it only has for the pill form.  It said that with the pills you can't
> > have any alcohol.  Is this true with the shots too?
> >
> >
> > Chester Worwa
>
> Hi Chester
>
> I tried to reply to your question but it got bounced back. So here goes again.
>
> You can not get baclofen injections, it comes in pill form or if you decide to have
> the pump surgically inserted into you abdominal cavity. Once inside the cavity it
> pumps the baclofen into the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the spinal cord.
>
> There are botox injections which have only short term effects and need to be
> constantly repeated. The baclofen pump sounds like a good alternative IMHO.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Alan
>


Alan Fried
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