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Botox could soon be used to treat migraines after NICE reverse their initial rejection

Botox is known for smoothing wrinkles, but the drug is about to also become widely used in the NUS in order to help treat people who suffer from migraines.

For the last several years there have been trials that suggest that Botox can help treat chronic migraines, but the drugs rationing body has not been open [...]

Botox, nerve compression and migraine

Of the 18% of the population who suffer from the debilitating headaches known as migraines, 2/3 are women. As a high percentage of these sufferers fail to find relief from the standard medical treatments, the discovery that Botox effectively treated migraines led to the identification of nerve compression as being a major cause.

Surgeons at the [...]

Botox may not be helpful for migraine

While Botox has indeed been the subject of a license to cure migraines, recent studies indicate it is on insignificant aid in dealing with chronic migraines.

One study of 1,300 sufferers of chronic migraine did suggest Botox might help reduce the quantity and severity of headaches, but there is a dispute over these findings, headed up [...]