New findings from the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center indicate that a series of Botox treatments over a year following a stoke may ease muscle spasticity in stroke patients. Injections with botulinum toxin type A (BoNTA) can alleviate patients' immobility, discomfort and pain when moving.

According to the ScienceDaily article,

"Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and it is estimated that the costs associated with lost productivity due to stroke-related disability will total $21.8 billion in 2005.

Such Botox injections improve patients' physical conditions, increasing their self-reliance as they regain or keep their ability to feed, clothe and wash themselves . Not only will this be more emotionally satisfying for the patients themselves, but it will also take less toll on the caregivers and the healthcare system as a whole.

Read more about Botox and Botox treatments here. Hopefully soon, they will have more information on whether medical insurances will have such post-stroke treatments covered.