BOTOX
® neurotoxin stops or greatly reduces neck pain and decreases the severity of abnormal head position associated with CD. In a key clinical study, after receiving BOTOX
® treatment, patients with CD had:
- Improved head tilt
- Pain that was less intense and happened less often
- Improved ability to function in their daily activities
Another study showed that pain relief may happen even before muscles become significantly relaxed.
These are all important benefits for people with CD. For many of them, BOTOX
® injections can be an effective cervical dystonia treatment.
Your doctor can decide if BOTOX
® therapy is right for you. If so, the doctor determines which muscles are affected by CD. Then, he or she injects BOTOX
® directly into those muscles.