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Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

P070. A 2-year prospective evaluation study on onabotulinumtoxinA 155 U in chronic migraine

Authors: Andrea Negro, Lidia D'Alonzo, Noemi Lala, Paolo Martelletti

Published in: The Journal of Headache and Pain | Special Issue 1/2015

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OnabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®) is the first and so far the only treatment to receive a specific license for prevention of chronic migraine (CM). In our Headache Clinic the therapy with onabotulinumtoxinA is routinely administered to CM patients on a daily basis since 2001. Preventive treatment with onabotulinumtoxinA was offered to all patients that were 1) adults; 2) fulfilling the ICHD-II criteria for CM with or without analgesic overuse; and 3) with contraindications or lack of efficacy or tolerability to other preventive drugs. …
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go back to reference Blumenfeld A, Silberstein SD, Dodick DW, Aurora SK, Turkel CC, Binder WJ: Method of injection of onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine: a safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment paradigm based on the PREEMPT clinical program. Headache. 2010, 50 (9): 1406-1418.CrossRefPubMed Blumenfeld A, Silberstein SD, Dodick DW, Aurora SK, Turkel CC, Binder WJ: Method of injection of onabotulinumtoxinA for chronic migraine: a safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment paradigm based on the PREEMPT clinical program. Headache. 2010, 50 (9): 1406-1418.CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
P070. A 2-year prospective evaluation study on onabotulinumtoxinA 155 U in chronic migraine
Authors
Andrea Negro
Lidia D'Alonzo
Noemi Lala
Paolo Martelletti
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
The Journal of Headache and Pain / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1129-2369
Electronic ISSN: 1129-2377
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1129-2377-16-S1-A137

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