Botox Jabs Could Cure Chronic Migraine

Incapacitating symptoms for chronic migraine sufferers could now be eliminated through getting free Botox prods on the NHS.

It has been proven to be effective in thwarting off headaches, nausea and dizziness that affects many people a year.

The Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency, considered as the drug safety watchdog, approved the Botox, which has been used as a cosmetic treatment, as cure for chronic migraine in a way that it makes the muscles in the neck and forehead go numb.

Botox, or botulinum toxin, has been found out to lessen the chances of migraine attacks by 50%.  Patients will be prescripted with about 30 injections into the trigger points every three to six months, depending on the rigorousness of the patient’s migraine.

In Britain, about 70, 000 people suffer from the syndrome, meaning they are bothered by the severe headaches and nausea at least once every two days.  Because of this, they are compelled to be in bed, or worse, to go to the hospital.

However, only those detected to experience chronic conditions will be qualified for the Botox jab, even though other five million Britons suffer from migraines much less frequently.

The treatment was first discovered when women who have been taking Botox for cosmetic reasons noticed that their headaches and migraines ceased.  Because of this, doctors from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina were encouraged to study and examine the injectible’s capability to cure migraine and found out about 92 percent success rates.

Dr. Marl Weatherall, Consultant Neurologist at the Charing Cross Hospital, London, claimed that people go through migraine on almost half a month, sometimes everyday.

Two pre-empt trials were conducted by the group that demonstrate the reduction of migraine cases by 50%.

According to CEO Wendy Thomas of The Migraine Trust, chronic migraine is presently an ‘under-researched, under-diagnosed and under-treated condition’.  They are always open for innovative remedies especially those preventive medications since some therapies may not work with other patients.

Botox has also been proven as effective treatment for back pain and other conditions like facial ticks, squints, writer’s cramp, and involuntary spasms of the head and neck.  It is also being used on children with cerebral palsy through making the muscles relaxed.