You should not use RADIESSE® or RADIESSE® (+) if you have an allergy to any component of the product, if you have a history of severe allergies, if you have a bleeding disorder, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. You should not use RADIESSE® (+) if you have an allergy to lidocaine or medicines like it.
Botox is used in adults to prevent chronic migraine headaches or migraine attacks that occur on 15 or more days per month and that last for at least 4 hours.
These are biological products that have already been approved by the FDA, against which biosimilar products are compared. There are 2 for Botox.
Getting "too much" Botox often means exceeding the amount needed for this subtle result, leading to undesirable cosmetic outcomes or potentially increasing side effect risks. It is important to be treated by a qualified, experienced medical professional (like a board-certified dermatologist, plastic surgeon, or properly trained nurse practitioner/physician assistant under supervision) who understands anatomy and appropriate dosing.
Using this medication more often than prescribed will not make it more effective and may result in serious side effects.
At a minimum, consider a diluted instillation of local anesthetic for all age groups. If a local anesthetic instillation is performed, drain and irrigate the bladder with sterile saline before injection.
In order to minimize the risk of potential complications, this product should only be used by healthcare practitioners who have appropriate training, experience and who are knowledgeable about the anatomy at and around the injection sitio.
The potency Units of BOTOX (onabotulinumtoxinA) for injection are specific to the preparation and assay method utilized. They are not interchangeable with other preparations of botulinum toxin products and, therefore, units of biological activity of BOTOX cannot be compared to nor converted into units of any other botulinum toxin products assessed with any other specific assay method.
Botox is made from donated human plasma and may contain viruses or other infectious agents. Donated plasma is tested and treated to botox reduce the risk of contamination, but there is still a small possibility it could transmit disease. Ask your doctor about your risk.
Patients with diabetes mellitus treated with BOTOX were more likely to develop urinary retention than those without diabetes, as shown in Table 11.
The cosmetic benefits of this procedure were discovered by accident – the original reason Botox was injected into the masseter muscle was to relieve teeth grinding (also called bruxism) and jaw pain or tension. Continue reading
Because Botox contains albumin, a derivative of human blood there is a theoretical risk for transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other viral diseases, but no cases of transmission have ever been identified.
Similar to onset of effects, how long results last can depend on factors such as how many units you received, the location, and individual differences.
Reconstituted BOTOX (200 Units/30 mL) is injected into the detrusor muscle via a flexible or rigid cystoscope, avoiding the trigone. The bladder should be instilled with enough saline to achieve adequate visualization for the injections, but over-distension should be avoided. The injection needle should be filled (primed) with approximately 1 mL of reconstituted BOTOX prior to the start of injections (depending on the needle length) to remove any air.