Every person during his life repeatedly encounters such a symptom as a headache. In most cases – this is a fairly harmless condition that resolves on its own or is quickly stopped by taking certain medications.
However, for many people, a regular headache becomes a real problem when they are diagnosed with chronic migraine. The solution to this common problem is the effective drug BOTOX®.
About how BOTOX® save from migraine headaches, says Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after Academician A.P. Romodanova, head of the chronic pain group, MD Vadim Beloshitsky.
Peculiarities of chronic migraine treatment with BOTOX®
Chronic migraine – this is a neurological disease characterized by the presence of intense paroxysmal headache, which is often bilateral (with intensification, the pain can be one-sided, as in episodic migraine) and has a compressive, and with exacerbations, a pulsating character.
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This condition is truly distressing for the patients, and to a large extent impairs their quality of life. In chronic migraine, medication is often not effective enough, but BOTOX® injections help to cope with unpleasant symptoms. from the Allergan company.
It is important to note that BOTOX® for the treatment of chronic migraine should only be administered under the supervision of a neurologist who is an expert in the treatment of chronic migraine.
Only in this case it is possible to achieve the most pronounced therapeutic effect.
Chronic migraine treatment:
- indications for the use of BOTOX® with chronic migraine;
- dosage of BOTOX® for the treatment of chronic migraine;
- features of BOTOX injections® for the treatment of chronic migraine.
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Indications for the use of BOTOX® for chronic migraine
The presence of chronic migraine in a patient is a direct indication for the administration of BOTOX®. BOTOX® injections may be used for symptomatic relief in adult patients with a chronic migraine condition who do not respond well to or tolerate prophylactic migraine medications.
A patient's condition is classified as chronic migraine if he has headaches for more than or exactly 15 days per month, of which at least 8 days – migraine (attacks of intense headache with nausea, hypersensitivity to light and loud sounds, limitation of the patient's activity). Compliance of the patient's symptoms with these criteria is an indication for the use of the drug BOTOX®.
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Botox® dosages for the treatment of chronic migraine
For the treatment of chronic migraine, the reconstituted BOTOX® in a total dose of 155 to 195 units, Allergan should be administered intramuscularly in 31-39 sites. Injections of the drug are divided into 7 specific areas of the muscles of the head and neck, each of which is injected with a certain total dose of the drug:
- frontalis zone - 20 U-Allergan (4 sites);
- zone corrugator – 10 ED-Allergan (2 sites);
- procerus zone – 5 ED-Allergan (1 plot);
- occipitalis zone – from 30 U-Allergan (6 sites) to 40 U-Allergan (up to 8 sites);
- zone temporalis – from 40 U-Allergan (8 sites) to 50 U-Allergan (up to 10 sites);
- trapezius zone – from 30 U-Allergan (6 sites) to 50 U-Allergan (up to 10 sites);
- cervical paraspinal muscle group area – 20 ED-Allergan (4 sites).
Features of BOTOX® injections for the treatment of chronic migraine
BOTOX® injections from the company "Allergan" for the treatment of chronic migraine have certain important features that every specialist should consider. First of all, inject BOTOX®. it is necessary intramuscularly, using a 30 / 0.30 mm needle. If a neck injection is to be performed on a patient with very thick neck muscles – a 25/0.50 mm needle may be required.
Each of the 31-39 injection sites is injected with 0.1 ml of the drug, which is 5 units of Allergan. Injection in m. procerus (muscle of the proud) is carried out in one area, and in the rest of the muscle groups – bilaterally, that is, half the amount of injection in the areas of the right and left sides of the head and neck.
If the area of the main localization of pain is determined – possibly, the introduction of additional injections on one or both sides in the muscle groups occipitalis, temporalis and trapezius.
Recommended treatment schedule for chronic migraine with BOTOX® is every 12 weeks.
BOTOX® injections are one of the most effective treatments for chronic migraine today. With their help, it is possible to eliminate the painful symptoms of migraine for the patient and significantly improve the quality of his life, I am sure estet-portal.com.
Note, an appointment for a consultation with Dr. Vadim Beloshitsky, tel. +38(098) 119-76-77.
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