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But did you know that Botox (or botulinum toxin) has lots of other medicinal uses as well? It has been studied for more than 100 medical conditions in all, some of which are quite common and may affect you or someone you know. It’s now been approved in more than 80 countries for o...
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• In unapproved uses, including spasticity in children and adults, and in approved indications, cases of spread of effect have been reported at dosages comparable to those used to treat cervical dystonia and at lower dosages. Action
Iontophoresis devices used for treatment of hyperhidrosis include, but may not be limited to, the Drionic, which uses electrode pads instead of the water bath. Another device, the MD-1a iontophoresis unit, offers either option. Iontophoresis appears to alleviate symptoms in approximately 85 % of...
Aetna considers onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) medically necessary foranyof the following indications: Achalasia Treatment of achalasia when the member has tried and failed or is a poor candidate for conventional therapy such as pneumatic dilation and surgical myotomy; ...
Since the initial trials and approval of the medicinal use of botulinum toxin in the 1980s, therapeutic applications of botulinum neurotoxins have come from virtually every medical specialty. Table 1.1 is a list of applications of botulinum toxin (BoNT) and the list continues to expand. In this...
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The authors concluded that TBZ is an effective oral therapy for chorea of Huntington disease and may be considered as an alternative agent for the management of dystonia, TDk, and tic disorders (these latter 3 conditions are off-label uses in the United States). The drug possesses an ...
The ophthalmologist credited with developing botulinum toxin (Botox) for medical use has died at the age of 89, his family confirmed to National Public Radio. Four decades ago, Alan Brown Scott, a native of Berkeley, California, turned the drug, once a deadly poison, into a revolutionary ...