Botox® Injection for migraine
Migraines are painful and incapacitating headaches. This complex disease has many causes and manifest differently in different patients.
A consultation with a specialist (neurologist) defines the causes of headache and considers preventive treatment for migraine. Medical evidence shows that Botox® can provide a significant benefit to patients suffering from chronic migraines, it reduces the number of days affected by migraine and thereby improve the quality of life. However, not all migraines respond to Botox® treatment. Nonetheless, it is scientifically and clinically proven to be effective for patients whose migraine starts from the frontal or temporal area.
At the basis of this discovery, cosmetic surgeons who injected Botox® for wrinkles. So these patients reported an improvement in their migraine. Its therapeutic use is reserved only for chronic migraines. That is to say, the treatment did manage to limit more than fifteen migraine attacks per month. The treatment consists of several injections where patients experience stiffness of the neck and around the eyes to reduce the density of sensory fibers.
According to well-defined criteria, this treatment is covered by the RAMQ; however, the treatment can be given in certain conditions that does not meet the criteria of the RAMQ.
There are not enough migraine clinics in Quebec. 1% of the population suffers from chronic migraine; we talk about 80,000 chronic migraine patients in Quebec.
Polyclinique Centre-Ville is proud to offer their support to patients with migraines. In case of failure of standard treatment for migraines, specialists will offer patients with refractory chronic migraine, Botox® injections after being assured of having well meet the criteria for this type of treatment.
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Botox® Injection for migraine
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