Florida Plastic Surgeon - Dr Clevens

Monday, July 21, 2008

Botox Prevents Migraines

We have known for some time now that Botox Cosmetic injections have helped migraine sufferers. Many of our patients who have a history of migraines have remarked that the number of migraines they suffer from is significantly reduced or even completely gone after their Botox Cosmetic treatment. Patients also declare that if they do get a migraine they know it’s ‘time to get another Botox treatment.’ Since Botox Cosmetic is a temporary treatment, its effects can gradually wear off at about 3 to 6 months after injection.

Recently the results of a study evaluating the efficacy of Botox injections for the treatment or migraines were published in Reuters Health.

In a study lasting six months in Springfield, Missouri a group of doctors evaluated the efficacy of a single series of Botox injections, versus placebo shots, for preventing migraine.

Their findings were reported in the journal Headache that Botox had "beneficial, albeit limited, effects on measures of migraine frequency and was not effective in lowering headache pain severity." However, Botox-treated patients did have fewer headache "episodes" and fewer headache days than placebo-treated patients.

Moreover, Botox had a "measurable" positive impact on quality-of-life.

Botox "may be a useful treatment option" for headache patients who aren't doing well on other migraine preventive agents.

While you may have thought Botox was only for those in vain- it’s also for those with migraines.