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Botulinum toxin (BT) prevents the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction and produces reversible paralysis of striated muscle. This effect was initially used for ophthalmologic indications, particularly strabismus. The idea of using the toxin for purely cosmetic purposes arose from the observation that therapy for facial dystonias markedly decreased lines and wrinkles in the treated areas. The ease of application, high safety profile, and impressive results from the cosmetic use of BT have led to its rapid acceptance by many clinicians. As use of BT increases and its indications expand, an understanding of this therapeutic modality is timely. This article discusses the pharmacologic aspects of BT as well as the methods for administration as they relate to its cosmetic use.
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- A Carruthers
- Division of Dermatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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The sex prevalence of idiopathic focal dystonia is reported from a data base review of all patients seen at the National Hospital of Neurology, Queen Square and King's College, London up to 1993. There was a higher prevalence of females to males in all categories of focal dystonia involving the craniocervical region. The female to male ratio for cranial dystonia was 1.92:1 (P < 0.01) and 1.6:1 (P < 0.001) for spasmodic torticollis. On the other hand, twice as many men than women had writer's cramp (M:F = 2.0:1, P < 0.01). At present, there is no clear explanation to account for this differences in the sex prevalence of different types of focal dystonia.
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- V L Soland
- University Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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Garcia A, Fulton JE. Cosmetic denervation of the muscles of facial expression with botulinum toxin. A dose-response study. Dermatol Surg 1996; 22:39-43. [PMID: 8556256 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Botulinum toxin has been used for facial hemispasm, strabismus, and blepharospasm. Recently it has been advocated to treat the frown lines. We have extended this program to treatment of other muscles of facial expression. METHODS Botulinum toxin is injected into the muscles of facial expression in two or three sessions to produce a temporary loss of muscle tone. A standard method of cooling, injection, and compression was developed to minimize pain and bruising. OBJECTIVE To complete a dose-response study to document the optimum timing and amount of toxin needed for each muscle group. RESULTS Two to five Botulinum toxin units per muscle was as adequate as higher doses. Toxin that was reconstituted 30 days earlier produced the same loss of muscle tone as freshly mixed toxin. With two or three injection sessions loss of muscle tone lasted for up to 1 year. CONCLUSION Botulinum toxin is highly effective as an adjuvant therapy for facial rejuvenation. This minor surgical procedure can temporarily reduce the lines on the upper face and produce a pleasing effect. With proper dosing and dilution this rejuvenation program becomes cost effective.
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Botulinum toxin is a presynaptic neuromuscular blocking agent that, when injected intramuscularly in minute quantities, can produce selective muscle weakness. This property is employed therapeutically to provide symptomatic relief in conditions related to excessive muscle activities in strabismus, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, cervical dystonia, spasmodic dysphonia (adductor type), and jaw closing dystonia. It is investigational for a long list of medical conditions. It is a marketed drug in a number of countries in the world, but its use has only been approved by different regulatory agencies for use in a limited number of conditions. The long-term effects, appropriate dose for children, and in pregnancy, and maximum dose without causing toxicity remain unclear.
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- J K Tsui
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Ainsworth JR, Kraft SP. Long-term changes in duration of relief with botulinum toxin treatment of essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. Ophthalmology 1995; 102:2036-40. [PMID: 9098314 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(95)30757-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To determine long-term changes in duration of relief with serial treatments of botulinum A toxin (BAT) used to treat benign essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, in view of conflicting reports as to whether BAT has an increasing, decreasing, or an unchanging duration of effect over a long period of treatment. METHODS Thirty-two patients with facial dyskinesia (20 with essential blepharospasm, 12 with hemifacial spasm) were followed between 5 and 9 years through a mean of 18 (range, 12-32) BAT treatments with prospective documentation of intervals of relief from symptoms. Repeated measures and linear regression analyses were used to determine trends in each group. RESULTS Marked inter- and intrapatient variability was found in the length of effect of BAT. Statistical analysis showed no significant changes in mean duration of relief within each group (P = 0.65 for essential blepharospasm, 0.36 for hemifacial spasm). There was a trend to slow decline in the interval of relief, especially in patients with an initial duration of effect greater than 150 days. No relation was found between duration of relief and age or sex of patient or grade and duration of disease before initial treatment. CONCLUSION In the long term, the mean duration of relief from symptoms with BAT changes little over a period of serial treatments. Short-term fluctuations in the length of therapeutic effect did not indicate the development of a resistance to treatment.
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- J R Ainsworth
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lepore V, Defazio G, Acquistapace D, Melpignano C, Pomes L, Lamberti P, Livrea P, Ferrari E. Botulinum A toxin for the so-called apraxia of lid opening. Mov Disord 1995; 10:525-6. [PMID: 7565842 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870100425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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- V Lepore
- Institutes of Neurology and Ophthalmology, University of Bari, Italy
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Twelve patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm received treatment with botulinum toxin A over a period of 18 months. Of 76 treatments given, most (94.7%) led to successful relief of eyelid spasms and all treatments were successful for perioral and lower facial muscle spasms. An average dose of 9.3 units of toxin per session was given to produce a mean interval of relief of 10.8 weeks. Blepharoptosis was the only ocular side effect; it was mild, reversible and occurred in 2 patients. However, lower facial palsy was frequent (9 patients); it was mild to moderate in severity but only partially reversible in 8 patients. Dosage for lower facial muscles should therefore be reduced.
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- Y L Yu
- Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
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Carruthers JD, Carruthers JA. Treatment of glabellar frown lines with C. botulinum-A exotoxin. THE JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY AND ONCOLOGY 1992; 18:17-21. [PMID: 1740562 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1992.tb03295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 498] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Eighteen patients with glabellar frown lines were treated with C. botulinum-A exotoxin. Sixteen of the 17 patients followed showed improvement for periods ranging from 3 months to 11 months. Side-effects were minimal and transient. Because C. botulinum-A exotoxin therapy of glabellar frown lines treats the underlying cause of these lines, it is more effective than soft tissue augmentation although this improvement is temporary. Treatment with C. botulinum-A exotoxin is a simple, safe procedure.
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- J D Carruthers
- Department of Opthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Kinash RG, Fulton NJ. Botulinum toxin for blepharospasm: challenges for rehabilitation nurses. Rehabil Nurs 1991; 16:184-8. [PMID: 1852968 DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.1991.tb01210.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Blepharospasm is a chronic, progressive, involuntary spasmodic closure of the eyelids associated with abnormal facial and oromandibular movements. It is a neurologic disorder whose cause is unknown and whose pathophysiology is poorly understood. Without appropriate treatment, it can result in functional blindness and other disabilities. In the last decade, botulinum toxin has been found to be effective therapy for most individuals. The drug, which is given by local injection, has a denervation effect. It relieves symptoms for several months, allowing patients to resume their former lifestyles between treatments. This new therapy modality challenges rehabilitation nurses to bridge the gap between disabled persons in the community and this new technology. Casefinding, referrals, and patient education are among the interventions that can help meet this challenge. The major purpose of this article is to inform rehabilitation nurses about how to recognize the symptoms of neurologic blepharospasm and how to intervene to prevent disabilities that could result.
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Botulinum A toxin has been used to treat strabismus and a variety of spasmodic neuromuscular diseases. Botulinum toxin treatment of strabismus is not as definitive and stable as the traditional surgical approach, but it has been found most useful in postoperative overcorrection, small deviations, sensory deviations, and acute sixth nerve palsy. This toxin has been effective in the treatment of essential blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, for which it produces temporary relief of symptoms. In addition, this treatment has been applied to lower lid entropion, myokymia, aberrant regeneration of the seventh nerve, lid retraction, corneal exposure, nystagmus, spasmodic torticollis, and adductor spastic dysphonia.
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- M Osako
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California-Davis
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Harper CM. AAEM case report #21: hemifacial spasm: preoperative diagnosis and intraoperative management. Muscle Nerve 1991; 14:213-8. [PMID: 2041543 DOI: 10.1002/mus.880140303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A 75-year-old man developed progressive involuntary hemifacial spasm. Electrophysiologic evidence of abnormal cross-transmission between neurons of the facial nerve was demonstrated. Electrodiagnostic studies were used to confirm the diagnosis preoperatively and determine the adequacy of vascular decompression of the facial nerve intraoperatively.
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- C M Harper
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905
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Manning KA, Evinger C, Sibony PA. Eyelid movements before and after botulinum therapy in patients with lid spasm. Ann Neurol 1990; 28:653-60. [PMID: 2260852 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410280509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Quantitative analysis of lid motility is presented for 4 individuals with hemifacial spasm and 1 with Meige's syndrome. The data were obtained, by means of a magnetic search coil technique, prior to and 1 week after injection of botulinum toxin into the orbicularis oculi muscle. Before treatment, the peak velocity of blink-related lid lowering and lid raising was slower than normal, yet lid saccades were normal. After botulinum treatment, significant decreases occurred in (1) the amplitude of blinks and lid saccades, and (2) the peak velocity of the blink down-phase. Botulinum treatment significantly alters blink lid-lowering kinematics, while saccadic lid-lowering kinematics are normal, providing further evidence that the orbicularis oculi muscle does not play a primary role in downward lid saccades.
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- K A Manning
- Department of Neurobiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-5230
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Defazio G, Lepore V, Lamberti P, Livrea P, Ferrari E. Botulinum A toxin treatment for eyelid spasm, spasmodic torticollis and apraxia of eyelid opening. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1990; 11:275-80. [PMID: 2387698 DOI: 10.1007/bf02333858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Botulinum-A toxin (botAtox) was used in the treatment of blepharospasm (BS), idiopathic hemifacial spasm (HFS), idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (ST) and apraxia of eyelid opening (AEO). The injection of 7.5-30 U botAtox per eye spread over 3 or 4 sites in the palpebral part of orbicularis palpebrae (OP) reduced palpebral spasm in 12/13 cases of BS and in 7/8 cases of HFS. The effect lasted for 14.5 weeks on average (range 4-30 weeks). Palpebral ptosis (lasting 1-3 weeks) was the most frequent side effect (16/107 eyes treated) but was not related to dose of botAtox or number of inoculation sites. Injection of 60-160 U botAtox into the sternocleidomastoid, trapezius and splenius capitis muscles reduced ST objectively in 1/4 patients for about 4 weeks. In the other patients the reduction or abolition of the hypertrophy of the previous hyperactive muscles was accompanied by persistence or rearrangement of the dystonia pattern, suggesting a change in the pattern of activity of the neck muscles after botAtox. 5 U botAtox per eye spread over 4 sites in the OP significantly reduced the frequency of the episodes of involuntary eyelid closure in 2 patients with AEO but not BS. The therapeutic effect lasted for 7 months after the first treatment and for 8 months after the second in a 46 year old woman with a 6 month history while the second patient (72 year old parkinsonian) has now completed her 3rd month of treatment.
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- G Defazio
- Instituto di Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali, Università di Bari
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Kalra HK, Magoon EH. Side Effects of the Use of Botulinum Toxin for Treatment of Benign Essential Blepharospasm and Hemifacial Spasm. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 1990. [DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-19900501-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The face is prominently or exclusively involved in several involuntary movement disorders, called "facial dyskinesias," in addition to the common buccolingual form of tardive dyskinesia. This review describes the appearance of the most frequently occurring facial dyskinesias: chorea, dystonia, tremor, and tics. Some new treatments are discussed.
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Dutton JJ, Buckley EG. Long-term results and complications of botulinum A toxin in the treatment of blepharospasm. Ophthalmology 1988; 95:1529-34. [PMID: 3211461 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(88)32977-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The authors review their long-term results and complications with the use of botulinum A toxin in the treatment of facial dystonias. Two hundred thirty-two patients in three diagnostic groups--essential blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and Meige's syndrome--were treated with botulinum A toxin. A total of 1044 treatments were given over a 4-year period. A reduction in orbicularis spasm intensity was noted in 1012 (96.9%) treatments (mean duration, 13.3 weeks). There was no clear relationship between toxin dose and the amount of spasm reduction or duration of response, and average duration of beneficial effect remained constant from the first through the twelfth injections. Complications occurred in 236 (22.6%) treatments. In most cases, these were local and transient. Symptomatic dry eye was the most common side effect, noted in 7.5% of cases. Ptosis was reported in 7.3% of treatments and photophobia in 2.5%. Diplopia involving the inferior oblique or lateral rectus muscles was seen in less than 1% of cases. There were no differences in degree of response or in complications among the three diagnostic groups, although there was a slight difference in duration of effect. Patients who had undergone previous eyelid surgery for blepharospasm did not respond differently from those without prior surgery.
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- J J Dutton
- Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC 27710
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Maurri S, Brogelli S, Alfieri G, Barontini F. Beneficial effect of botulinum A toxin in blepharospasm: 16 months' experience with 16 cases. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 1988; 9:337-44. [PMID: 3220708 DOI: 10.1007/bf02333996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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After introducing the problem of blepharospasm, we report our experience on treatment with purified botulinum A toxin in 16 cases of blepharospasm, symptomatic in two and essential in 14, than had not responded to drugs. The changes in intensity and frequency of spasm after treatment were evaluated on a clinical scale and by review of videotapes. The beneficial effect appeared within a week in most patients, lasting from 6 to 28 weeks (mean 13), and reached the maximum at the third-seventh week. Mild spasms and female patients responded better. Repeated injections were followed by better response to the drug. Complications, exclusively local, were represented by transient corneal exposure, ptosis, lacrimation or diplopia.
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- S Maurri
- Cattedra di Neuropatologia e Psicopatologia, Università di Firenze
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