Therapeutic Indications
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Patients with blepharospasm have abnormal blinking or eyelid twitch caused by the dysfunction of the nerve that controls the muscles around the eye. BTXA can relax the affected muscle and reduce excessive muscle contraction. Many long-term follow-up studies showed BTXA is a safe and effective treatment for blepharospasm
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Patients with hemifacial spasm have twitching spasms on one side of the face due to uncontrollable facial muscle contraction. BTXA can relax the affected muscle and reduce the involuntary facial spasm.
- Cervical Dystonia
- Focal Dystonia
- Meige's Syndrome
- Occupational Cramp
- Tremor
- Writer's Cramp
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People with Strabismus cannot attain binocular vision because certain eye muscles are tightened. BTXA can relax those affected muscles and return the eyeballs to their normal positions.
- Sixth Nerve Palsy
- Entropin
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- Focal Spasticity in Adults
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(Children with Cerebral Palsy; adults after stroke or spinal cord injury)
BTXA relaxes the spastic muscle in patients' limbs. Together with proper physiotherapy, movement ability of the patients could be significantly improved.
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- Anal Fissures
- Achalasia
- Sphincter Odii Dysfunction
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- Detrusor Sphincter Dyssynergia
- Benign Prostatic Hyeprplasia
- Neurogenic Detrusor
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- Focal Hyperhidrosis
- Frey's Syndrome
- Hyperlacrimation
- Sialorrhes
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- Tension-type Headache
- Migraine
- Backache
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* Items in red are the most common indications
* The indications are supported by clinical studies and many other indications are still undergoing R & D.