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Allergan says, Botox can help with chronic migraines
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by jessica.lam | September 11, 2008 at 01:01 pm
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Botox is now a multipurpose fixer-upper. It has been announced by Allergan, a pharmaceutical company based in Orange County, that Botox can now cure chronic migraines according to late-stage clinical data. Perhaps this makes it an even more mainstream phenomenon - let the Botox parties begin!
Botox, or botulinum toxin type A, is the first therapy being investigated for chronic migraine, which affects an estimated 1.2 million to 3.6 million people in the United States, according to the company.
The Irvine, California-based company, which also makes breast implants and eye care products, said data from its Phase III clinical trials showed a significantly greater decrease in headache days among patients receiving Botox, compared with those receiving a placebo. The treatment was well tolerated in patients suffering from chronic migraine, it said.
Based on this top-line analysis of its studies, Allergan hopes to file a supplemental biologics license application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of Botox in chronic migraine by mid-2009.
The company expects full data results to be published or presented by mid-2009.
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at 11:51 on February 14th, 2009
I have suffered with migraines for 30 years. I have been on disability for 9 years now because of migraines. My insurance company, Anthem (Blue Cross) used to pay for the treatment but now has refused to pay. I was in bed all the time. The side-effect of the other mediations were not good. I developed a medical allergic to some of the tritpans so they needed to be discontinued. I am now paying out of pocket for the Botox and now I am out of bed and able to control the pain. My comment is : insurance companies need to take each case one at at time and decide on coverage depending on the severity of the condition.