Patient Characteristics and Real-World Use of Botulinum Toxins for the Treatment of Cervical Dystonia, Blepharospasm, and Hemifacial Spasm.


Journal

Toxins
ISSN: 2072-6651
Titre abrégé: Toxins (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101530765

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 03 07 2024
revised: 12 08 2024
accepted: 13 08 2024
medline: 28 8 2024
pubmed: 28 8 2024
entrez: 28 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Movement disorders such as cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and hemifacial spasm negatively impact the quality of life of people living with these conditions. Botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections are commonly used to treat these disorders. We sought to describe patient characteristics, BoNT utilization, and potential adverse events (AEs) among patients with cervical dystonia, blepharospasm, and hemifacial spasm using Optum's de-identified Clinformatics

Identifiants

pubmed: 39195772
pii: toxins16080362
doi: 10.3390/toxins16080362
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Botulinum Toxins EC 3.4.24.69
Neuromuscular Agents 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Subventions

Organisme : Merz (Germany)
ID : N/A

Auteurs

Michael A Hast (MA)

Merz Therapeutics, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA.

Amanda M Kong (AM)

Aetion, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Shaina Desai (S)

Aetion, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Soo Back (S)

Aetion, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Sahar Syed (S)

Aetion, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Jordan Holmes (J)

Merz Therapeutics, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA.

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