Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections can offer symptomatic reprieve for patients who have stroke and Parkinson’s disease related disability, essential tremor, or focal dystonia. For patients with Parkinson’s disease, it can help with abnormal posturing of the foot and toes (foot dystonia), drooling or excessive saliva production, and eye twitching or involuntary eye closure (blepharospasm). Similarly, in patients with Essential Head Tremor, Botox injections can help with mild to severe head shaking, and even with associated voice tremors.
Botox can likewise help in patients with Dystonia, and can be used to treat the symptoms of cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and limb dystonia. Botox injections are less invasive than Deep Brain Stimulation, and can be one of the first lines of treatment for many movement disorders, and can be used in conjunction with medication to manage symptoms. …
