Please see the Patient Information Guide available at for list of these events. Tell your health care provider about any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
Spread of toxin effects (this carries a Boxed warning in the Botox Prescribing Information). In some cases, the effect of botulinum toxin A may affect areas of the body away from the injection sitio and cause symptoms of a serious condition called botulism. The symptoms of botulism include: loss of strength and muscle weakness all over the body
Neurogenic detrusor overactivity (an overactive bladder disorder caused by a dysfunction in the nerves that supply the bladder) in pediatric patients 5 years of age and older who do not respond to, or are intolerant of, anticholinergic medication.
Please see the Patient Information Guide available at for list of these events. Tell your health care provider about any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
Before receiving Botox, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:
However, there appears to be little benefit obtainable from injecting more than 5 Units per sitio. Some tolerance may be found when BOTOX is used in treating blepharospasm if treatments are given any more frequently than every three months, and is rare to have the effect be permanent.
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An injection of BOTOX is prepared by drawing into an appropriately sized sterile syringe an amount of the properly reconstituted toxin slightly greater than the intended dose.
Patients should be considered for reinjection when the clinical effect of the previous injection has diminished (median time until patients qualified for the second treatment of BOTOX in double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical studies was 169 days [~24 weeks]), but no sooner than 12 weeks from the prior bladder injection.
BOTOX is an acetylcholine release inhibitor and a neuromuscular blocking agent indicated for: Treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency, in adults who have an inadequate response to or are intolerant of an anticholinergic medication (1.1)
Overcorrections lasting over six months have been rare. sculptra About one half of patients will require subsequent doses because of inadequate paralytic response of the muscle to the initial dose, or because of mechanical factors such as large deviations or restrictions, or because of the lack of binocular motor fusion to stabilize the alignment.
If patient’s body weight is greater than or equal to 34 kg, the recommended dosage is 200 Units of BOTOX per treatment administered as an intradetrusor injection after dilution:
Note: In general, seniors or children, people with certain medical conditions (such as liver or kidney problems, heart disease, diabetes, seizures) or people who take other medications are more at risk of developing a wider range of side effects. View complete list of side effects
Vigorous blinking from Botox injection of the orbicularis muscle can lead to an epithelial defect and corneal ulceration. Consider protective drops, ointment, soft contact lenses, closure of the eye by patching or other means.