The guideline determined that botulinum toxin is generally safe and effective
for treating spasticity in adults,
cervical dystonia, blepharospasm and chronic migraine, according to guideline author David M. Simpson, MD, with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.
«In many cases, after an injection
for a disabling spasm of neck muscles called
cervical dystonia, there is no change in muscle tone but the patient finds relief and is perfectly happy.