Question: I was given my first round of Botox injections in XXXXXXX My left shoulder to touch it has no sensation, but burns really bad under the skin and at times itches. It's bigger then the right shoulder. I have tried heat, ice, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX my jet stream to beat on it, but nothing is helping. My Orthopedic and the pain clinic thinks a nerve or a muscle got damaged. I just want to know why it's burning and make it go away. What is causing it to burn so much that I am in tears after just a few minutes of sitting?

Thank you first for getting back to me. However, I can't have any NSAIDS, they found Cortisteroids don't work on me plus I can't be given anything with a steroid in the medication. Whether by pill or shots. I have a bad kidney and I swell up to much with fluids. I have been on Gabapentin and never had any relief. I've had bursitis before, but never anything like this. I remember when getting the Botox injections, of jerking like he hit some nerves. I see him again next week for the second round. I just had an MRI on my Thorax part of the spine up to the skull, nothing showed as far as any herniated disk. I do have a frozen right shoulder, but it only hurts if cool air hits it, so I wear a sweater on my right arm and shoulder. But this is almost as bad as passing kidney stones and those who've had those knows that is the worst pain you can have. I put a heating pad on it the other night, for 10 minutes no pain, then it started back up while still on the heating pad. I turned it off, and padded it with warm towels while in bed. Still no relief. I am on the muscle relaxer you suggested, my Neurologist has me taking one at bedtime. But while laying down, I have no pain, only when I'm on my feet or sitting. I'm so tired of not being able to get anything done in my home as the burning pain is so horrible. Even right now, it hurts just to breathe, the pain is radiating down into my shoulder blade. Would a TENS unit make it go away?I am also on Oxycontin 10mg, and it doesn't phase the pain what-so-ever. It does help with the Migraines I suffer, but not this intense burning pain. It's affecting my neck, down thru the shoulder blade, and at times hurts to even breathe. I'm at my wits end.

I was on 4800 mg of Gabapentin a few years ago. It was for censor nerve damage in left knee. They called it Reflex Sympathic Distrovy Symdrom (RSDS), it's a twin sister to Fibrology. It affects the censor nerves. That was in 1998. They took me off after about 6 months as it was having no affect on the censor nerves.
Three years ago I was put on Lyrica to help control my migraines. I had a seizure when I took the medication.