| Literature DB >> 28382110 |
Claus M Escher1, Lejla Paracka2, Dirk Dressler2, Katja Kollewe3.
Abstract
Chronic migraine (CM) is a severely disabling neurological condition characterized by episodes of pulsating unilateral or bilateral headache. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) for the prophylactic treatment of CM in 2010. It has been shown that onabotulinumtoxinA is effective in the reduction of headache frequency and severity in patients with CM. Treatment is well tolerated by the patients. This review reports on the history of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in CM and presents the current clinical evidence for the use of onabotulinumtoxinA in the treatment of CM.Entities:
Keywords: Botox®; botulinum neurotoxin; chronic daily headache; chronic migraine; onabotulinumtoxinA
Year: 2016 PMID: 28382110 PMCID: PMC5367647 DOI: 10.1177/1756285616677005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ther Adv Neurol Disord ISSN: 1756-2856 Impact factor: 6.570