To treat people with chronic migraines, the FDA approved Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA), an injection of botulinum toxin A, in 2010. Patients who suffer from 15 or more migraines a month can benefit from using Botox for migraine treatment, but the procedure comes with its own set of risks. This overview discusses the benefits and risks of […]

Migraines, which can cause excruciating pain and dizziness, affect 40 million Americans, or 13% of the population. That includes the author. It all began around three and a half years ago. It wasn’t until she started having headaches that she noticed a gentle throbbing sensation in the back of her skull, which most people equate […]

Conotoxins – or cone snail venom products, as they are also known – are gaining popularity as potential at-home Botox substitutes. However, can these creams and serums have the same effect as professionally injected Botox? We’re dubious. Nonetheless, conotoxins are a developing trend in the aesthetics industry that should be monitored. The world has yet […]

Contrary to popular belief, millions of people worldwide have had Botox treatments for more than two decades with positive results. Here are the facts to help you out. What Exactly Is Botox? Since its discovery in 1895, botulinum toxin (botox) has been used for medical and aesthetic purposes around the world. By reducing the amount […]

Brian Wangila began experiencing headaches in 2008, which gradually progressed into migraines. Despite his best efforts, the tremendous agony and suffering he experiences due to his neurological disease persists. In migraine, a devastating headache occurs on one side of the head and can last anywhere from a few minutes to several days or weeks, depending […]

In women who have endometriosis, which is an inflammatory condition in which endometrial-like tissue grows outside the uterus on other organs, pelvic floor spasms are a common source of discomfort. Using botulinum toxin injections at the site of these spasms can help alleviate the pain, in part because it relaxes the muscles, according to a […]

While the topic is light on research and dosage guidance, Botox can make a difference for patients who suffer from chronic writer’s cramp and other task-specific dystonias – or TSDs. These TSDs involve the abnormal activation of motor muscles while performing certain repetitive actions and are a subcategory of focal dystonias. Writer’s cramp was first […]

Tics may be genetic, caused by other medical conditions or occur by themselves and can involve either movements or sounds. Those involving unintended motor movements are usually sudden, quick, recurrent and nonrhythmic and are called motor tics. When an unintended sound is involved, the action is called a phonic tic. Motor tics, which anecdotal evidence […]

Spinal myoclonus is rare, but it can be annoying, painful and make certain actions difficult for the patient, depending on what part of the body is impacted. It involves quick, jerky muscle movements that originate from a spinal cord injury or operation. It can happen after laminectomy, lumbosacral radiculopathy, spinal extradural block and in other […]

Spasticity happens because of a lesion of the central nervous system that causes an abnormal increase in muscle tone. Common in cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis, spasticity can also be the result of traumatic damage to the brain, spine or motor nerves that cause muscle tightening from prolonged contraction. Treatment for spasticity can be as […]