Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Four of the previously treated patients, plus an additional patient, were treated with a higher dose of 780 MU BTX-F. All were secondary nonresponders to BTX-A due to neutralising antibodies. A test injection of 40 MU BTX-F was also given into the extensor digitorum brevis muscle (EDB), to examine the time course of the biological effect of the toxin electrophysiologically. Patients were followed up at two, four, eight, and 12 weeks. RESULTS: All patients reported subjective improvement lasting from seven to 11 (mean 8.6) weeks accompanied by a significant reduction in mean clinical severity scores at two weeks. Four patients had pain which was substantially reduced. The electrophysiological studies confirmed biological sensitivity to the toxin in all patients, showing a significant change beginning at two weeks and returning to baseline at 12 weeks. The time course of this effect paralleled roughly that of the clinical response. The four patients who had previously received 520 MU BTX-F reported that the response was better and longer in duration with 780 MU. Dysphagia was more common than reported with the lower dose. CONCLUSION: Better results are possible with higher doses of BTX-F but the duration of benefit is still shorter than with BTX-A, seemingly due to a shorter duration of neuromuscular junction blockade.
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Authors | M K Houser, G L Sheean, A J Lees |
Journal | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
(J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)
Vol. 64
Issue 5
Pg. 577-80
(May 1998)
ISSN: 0022-3050 [Print] England |
PMID | 9598669
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Botulinum Toxins
- Botulinum Toxins, Type A
- botulinum toxin type F
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Topics |
- Adult
- Botulinum Toxins
(administration & dosage)
- Botulinum Toxins, Type A
(administration & dosage)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance
- Electromyography
(drug effects)
- Female
- Humans
- Injections, Intramuscular
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neck Muscles
(drug effects)
- Neurologic Examination
(drug effects)
- Torticollis
(drug therapy)
- Treatment Outcome
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