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How Botox® Is Currently Being Used To Treat Migraine Disease
Following this serendipitous discovery by the University Of California, San Francisco professor Glogau and other researchers began to evaluate injection points and dosages that could alleviate Migraines. Glogau's results indicate that botulinum toxin A injected into the muscles of the brow, eyes, forehead, side of the head and back of the head near the neck (a point that earlier investigators have neglected) induce sometimes immediate Migraine relief and provide benefit for up to six months, he said. Botox® dosage in his case studies averaged 80 units per patient.
There are no published, randomized, double-blind trials that show the safety and efficacy of Botox® for treatment of Migraines, Glogau said. In fact, most of the data consists of case reports and meeting abstracts. Two previous studies were presented at the 1999 meeting of the American Association for the Study of Headache (Now know as the American Headache Society). In the first study, reported by researchers at the Michigan Head Pain and Neurological Institute in Ann Arbor and Michigan State University, a one-time dose of 25 units of botulinum toxin A injected into the muscles of the brow, forehead and side of the head, reduced the frequency of Migraines, the severity of pain, vomiting, and the use of pain medications for up to three months. A 75-unit treatment yielded Migraine relief, but also side effects like eyelid drooping. In another study, reported by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, 51 percent of 96 patients reported complete improvement of their Migraine pain.
The above info can be found: http://www.migraines.org/treatment/probotox.htm
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