Adding a muscle injection to botox therapy for jaw muscle pain
This study tests whether adding an injection into the medial pterygoid muscle (a muscle in your jaw) to the usual botox treatment improves pain relief for people with jaw muscle pain. It may help if you have chronic jaw pain that gets worse with chewing or other jaw movements.
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Who can take part
- You have jaw muscle pain that has lasted at least 3 months
- Your pain is worse when you move your jaw, chew, or clench
- Your doctor can reproduce your usual pain by pressing on your jaw muscles
- Your doctor suspects your medial pterygoid muscle is involved, and pressing on it brings back your pain
- Your pain is not mainly from your jaw joint, and no other dental problem explains it
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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