Access Type
Open Access
Entry Number
82
Start Date
4-5-2017 10:30 AM
End Date
4-5-2017 10:45 AM
Department
Public Health
Abstract
Abstract
The brand name Botox was first assigned to a batch of botulinum toxin serotype A by Stanley Fahn, internationally avowed Doctor of Medicine and member of the Psychopharmacology Advisory Committee for the Food and Drug Administration (Erbguth, 2009; Fahn, 2016). Botulinum toxin is classified as one of the most potent toxic substances in the world. Efficacy for the therapeutic use of botulinum toxin is based upon the premise that botulinum toxin remains in the peripheral nervous system and is incapable of breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier (Tenenbaum, 2016). Since receiving initial approval in 1989 botulinum toxin serotype A now also provides short term therapeutic treatment to manage various dermatological, muscular, and chronic pain diseases and disorders (Samuels, Correa, 2016). Allergan reveals that the greatest population at risk for botulinum toxin diffusion are children treated for muscle spasticity (Allergan Pharmaceuticals, 2016). Study Objective: To assess the severity of Off-Label Botox usage to treat children. Design: Meta-analysis of 165 children treated with onabotulinumtoxin A to manage spasticity and sialorrhoea. Methods and Measurements: The adverse events of 424 patients was assessed in excel and SPSS. Conclusion: 75 percent of patients experienced adverse events.
Keywords: onabotulinumtoxinA, Botox for Pediatrics, onabotulinumtoxinA for cerebral palsy
Faculty Mentor(s)
Charlotte Guynes, Beth McKinney, Jennifer Hall, Tonya Price
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Botox OnabotulinumtoxinA: Meta-analysis of the severity of off-label Botox use in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Abstract
The brand name Botox was first assigned to a batch of botulinum toxin serotype A by Stanley Fahn, internationally avowed Doctor of Medicine and member of the Psychopharmacology Advisory Committee for the Food and Drug Administration (Erbguth, 2009; Fahn, 2016). Botulinum toxin is classified as one of the most potent toxic substances in the world. Efficacy for the therapeutic use of botulinum toxin is based upon the premise that botulinum toxin remains in the peripheral nervous system and is incapable of breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier (Tenenbaum, 2016). Since receiving initial approval in 1989 botulinum toxin serotype A now also provides short term therapeutic treatment to manage various dermatological, muscular, and chronic pain diseases and disorders (Samuels, Correa, 2016). Allergan reveals that the greatest population at risk for botulinum toxin diffusion are children treated for muscle spasticity (Allergan Pharmaceuticals, 2016). Study Objective: To assess the severity of Off-Label Botox usage to treat children. Design: Meta-analysis of 165 children treated with onabotulinumtoxin A to manage spasticity and sialorrhoea. Methods and Measurements: The adverse events of 424 patients was assessed in excel and SPSS. Conclusion: 75 percent of patients experienced adverse events.
Keywords: onabotulinumtoxinA, Botox for Pediatrics, onabotulinumtoxinA for cerebral palsy