The botox is not only used in aesthetic medicine, but also finds application in other fields. especially to combat migraines, headaches that that someone becomes even disabling. Finally the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) U.S., the highest body authorizing the medical use of drugs and treatments, has given the go ahead for the use of botulinum toxin as a remedy for headaches.
Up to now approve all 'use of Botox to the treatment of blepharospasm (spasm of the eyelids), strabismus, cervical dystonia (painful neck spasms) and wrinkles between the eyebrows of course.
Like botox injections can prevent the headache is still unclear . As for wrinkles operation is clear. The toxin, poison, paralyzes the muscles and tends the lines of time by blocking nerve impulses.
In the case of 'migraine Botox instead may act by blocking the proteins that carry the message of pain to the brain .
In a statement to the FDA recommended for migraine do the botox injections every three months, between the neck and head. Suffer from migraines almost daily for more than four hours a day, "is an experience debilitating, affecting views on social and family and at work. It is therefore important to have more effective treatment options, "said Russell Katz, FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The drug manufactured by Allergan was granted in September 2010 the green light for the same use in Britain.
studies submitted to FDA by the company to obtain the new information involving 1,384 adults in 122 centers in Europe and the United States.
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