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23 June 2005

Will Botox work for you?

James Discoveries & Stats, Medications, Treatments 1

This month Dr David Dodick reported that Botox didn’t work as well as all the hype said it would. Botox is one of the latest and hottest treatments for migraine, but when he tested 355 patients with Botox and a placebo over 11 months, he didn’t find the amazing improvements you might expect. Well, for most people he didn’t. But there was a small group that did improve – their attacks were less frequent and less severe – exactly what you might hope.

Who was this group? It was the group that was the worst off – the ones who had the most migraine attacks, the worst migraine attacks, and the ones who had to take more medicine to find relief. The more chronic and painful your migraine attacks, the more you may benefit from Botox treatment. For more, read this article on Botox migraines treatment.

8 April 2005

Botox and CDH

James Discoveries & Stats, Medications 1

A new study published in the Headache journal is suggesting a still wider use for Botox. The makers of Botox, Allergan Inc, sponsored a study using Botox in patients with Chronic Daily Headache and migraine. The controlled study involved 355 patients, about 85% women. Each patient had at least one migraine attack during the trial period, so all of them had migraine with chronic daily headache as well. Patients had a Botox treatment every 90 days for 9 months. The patients that got Botox (rather than a placebo) did seem to get fewer headaches. However, Dr David W. Dodick from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (who was involved in the project) warns that results are difficult to interpret. More studies are needed.

There is very little treatment actually designed for those with chronic daily headache. Research in this area as a whole is needed, although the causes no doubt vary from person to person.