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    MedAdvisor App

    The Stroke Foundation has partnered with MedAdvisor, a FREE app, to help you organise and order your medications, from your smart phone, tablet or computer by connecting you to your local pharmacy. With MedAdvisor, you can pre-order your medications; receive reminders about when to take your medications or when to fill a script; and manage the medications of loved ones. 

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  • Word of the day

    Botulinum Toxin

    Also known by brand names Botox and Dysport. A highly toxic protein, sometimes used in minute amounts as a muscle relaxant with stroke survivors who have painful spasciticity or high tone in their muscles affecting their ability to walk and function.


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    Botulinum toxin is a type of medicine. 

    It relaxes your muscles. 

    Sometimes a stroke causes problems with your muscles. 

    You might have painful and tight muscles. 

    This can make it hard to walk or move. 

    A small amount of botulinum toxin can help relax the muscles. 

    It is also called Botox or Dysport.


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