CHRONIC MIGRAINE WITH BOTOX®

BOTOX® injections are in proven sites around your head and
neck-where Chronic Migraine may affect you-to prevent headaches and migraines before they start
Injections take about 15 minutes, and are done in your doctor's office
Injections with a small needle feel like tiny pinches

You start with 2 treatments, 12 weeks apart (and may feel results as soon as 4 weeks), and continue with treatment every 12 weeks thereafter-that's just 4x a year (or as recommended by your doctor)

*BOTOX® prevents on average 8 to 9 headache days and migraine/probable migraine days a month (vs 6 to 7 for placebo

A BOTOX® Specialist has expertise in treating Chronic Migraine by injecting BOTOX® into proven sites around the head and neck for the full beneficial effect. Botox's effect on migraines was discovered coincidentally when people who were having Botox injections to lessen lines and wrinkles in their foreheads noticed that their headaches were improved. That's when 'off-label' uses of Botox began, and its manufacturer began pursuing FDA approval and insurance reimbursement for medical uses.

Dubbed as the “little neurotoxin that could,” by USA Today, Botox now boasts sales of well over $1 billion for its manufacturer, Allergan. Many of us who start to see our Migraine-furrowed forehead lines show up in our 30s think: hey, maybe Botox for Migraine could help me too.

But before you say “heck yes!” at the next Botox party or med-spa, be sure you know what you're getting into .Now widely used for over a dozen different conditions, from teeth-grinding to sweaty palms to spasticity to vaginal spasms, Botox is a mega-drug. And to think that not so longago botulinum toxin meant a bulging can of poison. It's now deemed quite safe in the hands of a medical professional, and about half of all uses are cosmetic.

7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING BOTOX FOR MIGRAINE