There has been many new uses for botulinum toxin injections in recent years in the cosmetic medicine industry. Not only do clinics offer patients options to enhance their appearance using botox, there are other disorders that are treatable this way as well, including muscle spasticity. In the recent past, its use has now been extended to treating migraines.
Here, we will be discussing how botox injections can now be utilized for this purpose.
The origins of using this treatment for migraines
The results of botox injections into muscle tissue is that nerve signals are paralyzed, which blocks signals to muscles so they stay relaxed. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium contained in these injections, and that is the cause of the effect. The main usage is for muscles different parts of the eyes, face and body to be relaxed, which will increase muscle tone and make the general muscle function be improved.
Migraines and botox
Migraine is primarily mediated by the release of the neuro-chemical serotonin. Treatments of botox do not affect that, but there is evidence that shows patients who find relief from migraine pain from the treatments.
This is still being researched and the reasons for the correlation are not clear at this time, but people are still pleased with the results they receive for their migraine issues. There are 31 to 39 different injection points in the scalp for botox. The basic theories that have been presented so far:
First, that it blocks the nerves from transmitting pain signals.
After that, the muscles in the scalp are relaxed, which in turn, causes the brain to have a lower blood pressure.
Patients are reporting less headaches, and less severe when they occur, although the research to document this is still ongoing at this time.
Botox injections are recommended for chronic migraine sufferers who have had headaches for more than 15 days in a month and in those who have not responded to different drug treatments. Analgesic overuse headaches happen when a patient over5uses painkiller medications, so this must be examined for patients as well.
If they treatments make it so that less than 15 days a month are headache free, or if they have at least 2 cycles of botox without seeing any relief, then this may not be the right treatment for that particular patient.
Are risks a factor?
It's possible to have an allergic reaction or some neck pain from botox treatment, but that only happens to a tiny percentage of patients.
Summary
The uses of botox are still growing and its application in migraine is novel. It's looking good for the future of botox for treating chronic migraine symptoms, but more studies need to be done to have more conclusive evidence.
Here, we will be discussing how botox injections can now be utilized for this purpose.
The origins of using this treatment for migraines
The results of botox injections into muscle tissue is that nerve signals are paralyzed, which blocks signals to muscles so they stay relaxed. Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium contained in these injections, and that is the cause of the effect. The main usage is for muscles different parts of the eyes, face and body to be relaxed, which will increase muscle tone and make the general muscle function be improved.
Migraines and botox
Migraine is primarily mediated by the release of the neuro-chemical serotonin. Treatments of botox do not affect that, but there is evidence that shows patients who find relief from migraine pain from the treatments.
This is still being researched and the reasons for the correlation are not clear at this time, but people are still pleased with the results they receive for their migraine issues. There are 31 to 39 different injection points in the scalp for botox. The basic theories that have been presented so far:
First, that it blocks the nerves from transmitting pain signals.
After that, the muscles in the scalp are relaxed, which in turn, causes the brain to have a lower blood pressure.
Patients are reporting less headaches, and less severe when they occur, although the research to document this is still ongoing at this time.
Botox injections are recommended for chronic migraine sufferers who have had headaches for more than 15 days in a month and in those who have not responded to different drug treatments. Analgesic overuse headaches happen when a patient over5uses painkiller medications, so this must be examined for patients as well.
If they treatments make it so that less than 15 days a month are headache free, or if they have at least 2 cycles of botox without seeing any relief, then this may not be the right treatment for that particular patient.
Are risks a factor?
It's possible to have an allergic reaction or some neck pain from botox treatment, but that only happens to a tiny percentage of patients.
Summary
The uses of botox are still growing and its application in migraine is novel. It's looking good for the future of botox for treating chronic migraine symptoms, but more studies need to be done to have more conclusive evidence.
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