ASIS for Botox in Chronic Migraine

Summary

Botox acts on nerve endings, yet there are no nerve endings inside the muscle, where they are typically injected. All nerves terminate on the fascia, where ASIS device can precisely deliver Botox by creating that subdermal bloodless space, between the skin and muscle. Thus enhancing and prolonging Botox's efficacy, at the same time prevent it's unnecessary adverse reactions and distant spread, especially since Botox has no reason to travel to the rest of the body any way.

Timeline

Start

2016-01

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2017-06

Publications

• Background Bartleson JD, Cutrer FM. Migraine update. Diagnosis and treatment. Minn Med. 2010 May;93(5):36-41.
• Background Lorenc ZP, Kenkel JM, Fagien S, Hirmand H, Nestor MS, Sclafani AP, Sykes JM, Waldorf HA. A review of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox). Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Mar;33(1 Suppl):9S-12S. doi: 10.1177/1090820X12474629.
• Background Knopp MV, Balzer T, Esser M, Kashanian FK, Paul P, Niendorf HP. Assessment of utilization and pharmacovigilance based on spontaneous adverse event reporting of gadopentetate dimeglumine as a magnetic resonance contrast agent after 45 million administrations and 15 years of clinical use. Invest Radiol. 2006 Jun;41(6):491-9. doi: 10.1097/01.rli.0000209657.16115.42.
• Background Montagna P. Migraine genetics. Expert Rev Neurother. 2008 Sep;8(9):1321-30. doi: 10.1586/14737175.8.9.1321.
• Background Robbins MS, Lipton RB. The epidemiology of primary headache disorders. Semin Neurol. 2010 Apr;30(2):107-19. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1249220. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
• Background Levy D, Strassman AM, Burstein R. A critical view on the role of migraine triggers in the genesis of migraine pain. Headache. 2009 Jun;49(6):953-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01444.x.
• Background Cousins G, Hijazze S, Van de Laar FA, Fahey T. Diagnostic accuracy of the ID Migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Headache. 2011 Jul-Aug;51(7):1140-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01916.x. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
• Background Olesen J, Burstein R, Ashina M, Tfelt-Hansen P. Origin of pain in migraine: evidence for peripheral sensitisation. Lancet Neurol. 2009 Jul;8(7):679-90. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70090-0.

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