Botulinum toxin (Botox®)
Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum bacterium, which is used as a drug since 1977, initially by Ophthalmologists to treat strabismus, blepharospasm, spasmodic torticollis, in patients with migraine, neurological diseases such as dystonia and spasticity due to cerebral palsy, doses up to 150 IU per muscle. http://www.revbiomed.uady.mx/pdf/rb041525.pdf The doses used in cases […]