i'll certainly be keeping this group informed. -----Original Message----- From: Cleveland, Kyle E. To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 12/23/2002 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Ken's procedure; was RE: holiday greetings Add to that the fact that each muscle has to be individually treated with Botox--it's not "systemic". It would follow, then, that the dose would need to be titrated for each treated muscle, right? Ken, looks like you'll need to give us a "daily update" on how the Botox trial goes, eh? LOL -Kyle -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Ken's procedure; was RE: holiday greetings I think it depends on the patient and factors such as extent of spasticity and body weight, dosage, etc., etc. My neuro told me it'd be a trial and error process to determine the optimal dosage and even then the times of the effectiveness would be variable so that he couldn't predict it, at least in the first few years. In other words, the effects could wear off in 3 months one time, 2 the next, and then 3.5 months. It all depends on a number of factors, which makes sense to me. Kat On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:35:57 -0600 Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Actually the effects from Botox are supposed to > last 3 months, which is > a reasonable amount of time accordingly to me. > > Thanks, > Anthony > Visit me at www.ara1.net >