Comment Re:Info on Botox (Score 2, Informative) 11
The way Botulism works is that it blocks the neurotrasmitter Acetylcholine (ACh) from acting on their receptors. The reason it works so well on wrinkles and their muscles is because ACh is used exclusively on neuromuscular junctions..so if a nerve is hitting a muslces, its using ACh
but as far as pain receptors go..they don't use ACh, in fact don't use any neurotransmitter to sense pain as far as i know. (thats why your face doesn't go numb when using Botox). but if Botox is localized right it shouldn't be doing much of anything besides paralyzing muscles (which is why they use it to help prevent eye twitching and the like)
maybe the claims are just placebo
but as far as pain receptors go..they don't use ACh, in fact don't use any neurotransmitter to sense pain as far as i know. (thats why your face doesn't go numb when using Botox). but if Botox is localized right it shouldn't be doing much of anything besides paralyzing muscles (which is why they use it to help prevent eye twitching and the like)
maybe the claims are just placebo
