BOTOX® Therapeutic—Patient Stories - Cervical Dystonia

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Watch 4 patients talk about their experience with CD. Find out how BOTOX^® neurotoxin treatment has helped them manage their symptoms and how they returned to activities they enjoyed before their symptoms started. To view a video clip, select a patient below.


	Kathleen “My doctor said he was going to inject with BOTOX^®, and that it would allow my muscles to relax a bit so that they would stop chronically pulling, aching, and making me so stiff and in pain.” (Time: 4:07)

	Tom “My neck pain got so extreme that I started missing a lot of work. By November or December when my head was really extremely turned, my head was stuck on my right shoulder.” (Time: 3:21)

	Barbara “I was sold on BOTOX^® at about...3 or 4 weeks into it because I could sit and watch a movie without my head bouncing.” (Time: 4:37)

	Gus “With BOTOX^® treatment and the benefit that I was feeling after my first BOTOX^® injection, I felt hope.” (Time: 4:48)

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BOTOX^® is indicated for the treatment of cervical dystonia in adults to decrease the severity of abnormal head position and neck pain associated with cervical dystonia.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

BOTOX^® injections should not be given to people who have an infection where the physician proposes to inject. They should not be given to people who are known to be sensitive to any ingredient in BOTOX^® product.

Serious heart problems and serious allergic reactions have been reported rarely. If you think you’re having an allergic reaction or other unusual symptoms, such as difficulty swallowing, speaking or breathing, call your doctor immediately.

Patients with certain neuromuscular disorders such as ALS, myasthenia gravis or Lambert-Eaton syndrome may be at increased risk of serious side effects.

In cervical dystonia, the most common side effects following injection include difficulty swallowing, upper respiratory infection, neck pain and headache.

Please see full prescribing information for BOTOX^®.

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