Botox effective remedy against Migraine

New research has revealed that Botox injections could also treat chronic migraine.

According to International Business Times, a team of researchers has found that the anti-wrinkle drug could treat chronic migraine. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended Botox as an option for prevention of headaches for people who have chronic migraine.
 

It is for those who have headaches on at least 15 days every month, at least eight days of which are migraine and they have not responded to at least three prior preventive drug treatments.


"Chronic migraines are extremely debilitating and can significantly affect a person's quality of life," BBC quoted Prof Carole Longson, the director of the health technology evaluation centre at NICE, as saying. "We are pleased that the committee has been able to recommend Botox as a preventative therapy for those adults whose headaches have not improved despite trying at least three other medications and whose headaches are not caused by medication overuse."

Researchers have found that Botox relaxes muscles around the head and thereby reduce blood pressure within the brain. It might reduce the nerves' ability to send pain signals during a migraine.


Longson said that Botox might prevent the nerves from sending signals that will lead to a migraine.