Botox Treatment for Chronic Migraine in Ionia, MI

BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA) is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine who have 15 or more days each month with headache lasting 4 or more hours each day in people 18 years and older.

BOTOX® was approved by the FDA in 2010 after being studied in large clinical trials. Since then, 4.2 million BOTOX® treatments have been given to over 600,000 Chronic Migraine patients.

BOTOX® is a prescription medicine made from tiny amounts of a highly purified protein (botulinum toxin protein), then mixed with saline. It was studied in large clinical trials and approved by the FDA, which has led to the treatment of people like you who are living with Chronic Migraine.

The needles used in a BOTOX® treatment for Chronic Migraine are very small, but you may feel mild discomfort. Many patients say the injections feel like tiny pinches or pinpricks. Typically, the injections should take about 10 minutes of treatment.

BOTOX® is injected into key muscle areas of the head and neck, not too deeply beneath the skin— these areas are thought to be associated with migraine.

For people living with Chronic Migraine, the FDA has approved a specific dose and injection pattern for BOTOX® treatment. The injections are in 7 key areas of the head and neck (31 injections total), once every 12 weeks to prevent headache and migraine days.

This is the injection pattern that resulted in a significant reduction in headache days in large clinical studies—and the injection pattern we follow to deliver the prevention you need.

Though BOTOX® has many uses, the injection procedure performed varies depending on the condition. This procedure is specific for Chronic Migraine, with the goal of reducing the number of headache/migraine days you experience. Please see the Safety Profile tab for a list of possible BOTOX® side effects in Chronic Migraine.

In clinical trials, BOTOX® provided some reduction in headache days 4 weeks after the first treatment. After the second treatment (at 24 weeks), BOTOX® prevented on average 8 to 9 headache days and migraine/probable migraine days a month (vs 6 to 7 with placebo).

BOTOX® is a preventive treatment, meaning it prevents headache and migraine days before they even start. This requires a set schedule (every 12 weeks) so you can continue your progress from one treatment to the next.

That’s why we suggest you make your next injection appointment right after each treatment session before you leave the office. It will help you stay on a schedule.