Reduces the migraine or erase attack totally
Botox, belongs to C.Botulinum bacteria, is a toxin and used to decrease and stop excessive muscle activities on face or body. Migraine is an insufferable headache originate from compression of tiny sensory nerves. Substantial number of people in our society have migraine and it adversely affects people’s live and jobs by attacks.
Botox relieves the pressure on tiny sensory nerves, which cause sick headache, reduces the migraine or erase attack totally by muscles relaxation. This is as much as botox influence period. Botox is not effective for non-migraine headaches.
Botox® (onabotulinum toxin A) was licensed specifically for the treatment of chronic migraine in July 2010 by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Botox® has not been shown to be effective for any other headache type (e.g. episodic migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache) as yet.
Is Botox® right for me?
Only patients with chronic migraine are eligible for treatment with Botox®. Chronic migraine is defined as headaches occurring on 15 or more days each month, at least half of which have migrainous features. There are, however, other treatments available to patients with chronic migraine, and it is important that patients have an informed discussion of their headaches and the options for treatment with a practitioner experienced in the diagnosis and management of headaches before a decision to use Botox® is taken.