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Dose Requirements for Glabellar Botulinum Toxin Higher in High-Sun Climate

FRIDAY, July 19, 2024 – To achieve maximal paralysis, patients injected with glabellar botulinum toxin may have significantly higher dose requirements in a high sun-exposure environment, according...

CDC Reports Seven Cases of Illness After Possible Counterfeit Botox Injections

FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Seven patients with illness identified after presumed cosmetic botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) product injection are described in a case report published in the July 11 issue of...

Fake Botox Shots Land 13 Women in Hospital

FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 – Seventeen women in nine states have fallen ill after getting fake Botox shots, with 13 of them landing in the hospital and one requiring a ventilator, a new report warns. In...

Targeted Diagnostic Botox Injections Can Identify Trigger Sites for Migraine

THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – Diagnostic targeted Botox injections have high positive predictive value for migraine trigger site localization, according to a study published in the May issue of Plastic...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Counterfeit Versions of Botox Found in Multiple States

April 16, 2024 -- FDA is alerting health care professionals and consumers that unsafe counterfeit versions of Botox (botulinum toxin) have been found in multiple states and administered to consumers ...

CDC Warns of 19 Cases of Botched Botox Shots in 9 States

TUESDAY, April 16, 2024 – Counterfeit or mishandled Botox shots have triggered harmful reactions in 19 people in nine states, U.S. health officials warned Monday. In its alert, the U.S. Centers for...

FDA Approves Botox Cosmetic (OnabotulinumtoxinA) for the Temporary Improvement in the Appearance of Moderate to Severe Forehead Lines

DUBLIN, Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Today Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN) announced the FDA approval of Botox Cosmetic for its third indication, the temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to...

FDA Approves Botox Cosmetic to Improve the Appearance of Crow’s Feet Lines

WEDNESDAY, September 11, 2013 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new use for Botox Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) for the temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to...

FDA Approves Botox to Treat Chronic Migraine

SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 15 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Botox injection (onabotulinumtoxinA) to prevent headaches in adult patients with chronic migraine. Chronic migraine...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A) and Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B)

FDA notified healthcare professionals that after an ongoing safety review initiated in February 2008, the manufacturers of licensed botulinum toxin products will be required by FDA to strengthen...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Botox, Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A), Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B)

[Posted 02/07/2008] FDA issued an early communication about an ongoing safety review regarding Botox and Botox Cosmetic. FDA has received reports of systemic adverse reactions including respiratory...

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