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Medications›Botulinum toxin (botox) injection

Botulinum toxin (botox) injection

Botox is a medicine that causes muscles to relax. It is commonly used to improve the appearance of deep facial lines or wrinkles between the eyebrows. It is also used to relieve migraine, and in certain conditions that involve muscle spasm.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgereviewed this
Internal Medicine 39 years experience

Side Effects

Common

Itchy rash
Headache
Fever
Irritation at injection site
Itching or burning
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Serious

Hypersensitivity
Difficulty swallowing
Droopy face
Drooping of one side of face

Treats

Anal fissure
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Spasmodic torticollis
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Strabismus
Condition
Migraine
Condition
Overactive bladder
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A 21-year-old member asked:
How do botulinum toxin injections work?
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A 20-year-old female asked:
I am struggling with a veginismus. I would like to know about the botox toxin injection will help as most drs said it will relax the Virginias muscles?
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A 20-year-old female asked:
I have veginismus. would botox help? many Drs say that botox toxin injection will release the Virginias spasming and help the virginas muscles relax
1 doctor answer1 doctor weighed in
A female asked:
Can a botched botox injection cause permanent nerve damage? I am thinking of getting botox in my forehead. Should i be concerned that injecting a toxin like this could possiblye cause permanent nerve damage?
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A 50-year-old female asked:
Any thoughts on treating my Dyshidrosis with botulinum toxin injections? My hands are chronic and my feet are tolerable. Corticosteroid is useless.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
With Botox injections for OAB, will these need to repeated forever? or will it eventually cure the OAB?
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A female asked:
How painful are botox injections? Are botox injections very painful? What is done to reduce the pain of injections?
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A 34-year-old member asked:
What are some of the possible effects of intravenous botulinum toxin?
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A 41-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between a brow lift and having botox injections?
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A 32-year-old member asked:
I am having botox injections into my bladder done. When should I expect results?
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