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Botox Therapy for Refractory Chronic Migraine
Author(s) -
Conway Stafford,
Delplanche Curtis,
Crowder Jessica,
Rothrock John
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2005.05073a.x
Subject(s) - refractory (planetary science) , migraine , chronic migraine , medicine , materials science , metallurgy
Chronic migraine is unfortunately both common and often resistant to treatment even with prophylactic medications known to be effective in populations with episodic migraine. We undertook an open‐label study to evaluate the safety and utility of botulinum toxin type A injection therapy for patients with chronic migraine who previously had failed to respond to at least three prophylactic medications.