When you think of Botox, you probably imagine cosmetic injections meant to smooth fine lines and wrinkles. While that is the primary use for Botox, it’s also become a popular treatment for chronic migraine.
If you have migraine attacks for 15 days or more every month, your doctor may have suggestedBotox as a treatment。然而，对偏头痛的肉毒杆菌注射有一些副作用，包括颈部刚度和肌肉无力。其他副作用不太常见，但可能发生。
This article discusses possible side effects of Botox for treatment of chronic migraine.
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Common side effects
Common side effects偏头痛的Botox包括：
- redness, soreness, or swelling at the injection site
- 瘀血
- 寒冷
- 疲劳
- dry mouth
- neck stiffness
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In general, these side effects are simply the effect of injecting a foreign substance into your body. They typically go away after a day or two.
Longer-term side effects
However, there’s also the possibility of longer-term side effects. These may include:
- 肌肉无力
- 看起来“下垂”或看起来不均匀的眉毛
这些副作用来自Botox治疗本身，可能需要几周时间才能消退。
Serious side effects
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但是，有肉毒杆菌会发生严重并发症的情况。如果您在治疗后注意到以下任何症状，您应该立即寻求医疗帮助：
- 视力模糊
- swelling of your tongue or throat
- difficulty speaking or swallowing
OnaboTulinumtoxin A，也称为Botox-A，是approved in 2010由FDA治疗chronic migraine。
肉毒杆菌毒素被注射到涉及偏头痛疼痛的头部和颈部的特定区域。效果持续约3个月。
Botox injections were developed to block neurotransmitters that tell your muscles to contract. By blocking these signals between your body and your brain, Botox diminishes the appearance of wrinkles.
However, blocking neurotransmitters is also a way to prevent migraine attacks. Botox blocks the release of these chemicals from reaching your nerve endings and causing pain.
偏头痛attacks are typically best treated right at the very beginning of an attack — but it can really difficult to do that.
如果你试图用口腔用药治疗偏头痛，你最终可以服用太多。这可能会导致药物过度使用头痛有时甚至引发更多的偏头痛攻击。
Botox可以作为预防性治疗，使您的大脑能够接受初始偏头痛信号，而没有许多口腔药物的“反弹头痛”的风险。
如果您正在考虑对偏头痛攻击的Botox治疗，这里有一些问题您可能会考虑并与您的医生交谈：
- Are your migraine attacks chronic?慢性偏头痛定义为15天（或更多），平均每月占外。如果你的偏头痛攻击并不慢，还不清楚Botox是否对你有所帮助。
- Are you okay with multiple treatments?Botox might not be effective to treat migraine after your first treatment, and even when it works, it isn’t permanent. You’ll need to plan to get regular Botox treatments every 3 months if Botox becomes your long-term treatment plan.
- Will your insurance cover it?如果您可以记录您已经尝试过其他治疗，您的保险只能覆盖偏头痛的Botox。即便如此，您也可能很难从某些保险提供商获得批准。如果您没有保险，Botox会变得昂贵，特别是当您增加多种治疗费用时。
Who is not a good candidate for Botox treatment?
有些人不应该让偏头痛攻击或任何其他原因获得肉毒杆菌毒素。
You aren’t a good candidate for Botox if any of the following apply to you:
- 已知的敏感性or allergy to botulinum toxin (or a history ofbotulism)
- 注射部位或附近感染的迹象
- neurological conditions that make you more prone to muscle weakness, such asamyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)ormyasthenia gravis
- 你怀孕或母乳喂养
肉毒杆菌治疗需要多长时间？
通过经验丰富的提供者，肉毒杆菌毒素将采取20 minutes。Your first treatment might take a little longer to fill out paperwork and to speak with your provider about concerns and questions.
How many injections will I have to get?
More than you might think. If you’re getting Botox for migraine treatment, expect to get 30 or so injections, all in targeted areas in your forehead and neck. These areas are different than the targeted areas where you’d have Botox for a cosmetic treatment, like smoothing out your forehead.
Botox受伤了多少钱？
有不同痛苦耐受性的人（和different expectations) may answer this question differently. Botox needles hurt as much as any injection would, and the experience is over quickly. Be prepared for it to feel a little uncomfortable, and have an ice pack on hand to soothe inflammation or pain afterward.
我多久会达到偏头痛的肉毒杆菌毒素？
Treatments are recommended每12周一次。Botox的效果可能在此之前开始磨损，但更频繁地通过不推荐的处理。
Will Botox work to treat my migraines?
Individual results may vary, so there’s no way to know for sure. But there’s强烈的理由相信它可能。
有些人不会对偏头痛进行这种类型的治疗，并且通常需要两个治疗周期，以弄清楚你是其中之一。
Botox for migraine can cause some uncomfortable side effects, like muscle weakness and a stiff neck. Fortunately, most of these side effects are mild and temporary.
Severe side effects are extremely rare, but they can happen. Only you can decide if the risk of these side effects is worth it to treat your chronic migraine.
如果您对此处理感到好奇，请找到经验丰富的提供商，以帮助您确定它是否适合您。