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Botulinum Toxin in Migraine Treatment
Elif Ilgaz Aydinlar1, Pınar Yalinay Dikmen1, Ayşe Sağduyu Kocaman1
1Acıbadem University, Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, İstanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Since botulinum toxin might have a therapeutic effect on pain, many studies investigating the efficiency of botulinum toxin in headache treatment have been done. The most satisfying results were achieved by botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) in the treatment of chronic migraine. In this paper, we reviewed the clinical effectiveness of BoNT/A in migraine and included our clinical experience. In our ongoing pilot study, where we have repeated BoNT/A injections every 12 weeks, The difference in the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) scores between the first and the second injections was 61.1%; and between the first and the 3rd injections was found to be 65.72%.