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I'm going to have a peg feeding tube because i have impaired swallowing after having botox in my neck 9 months ago. is this a permanent injury?
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QuoteFromProductLit: "Serious adverse events...have been reported in patients who had received BOTOX injected directly into the...oro-lingual-pharyngeal region...Safety and effectiveness have not been established for indications pertaining to these injection sites... adverse reactions occur within the first week following injection of BOTOX and while generally transient,may have a duration of several months or longer"
Answered 7/5/2015
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