Treatment of panic disorder using botulinum toxin
OwnerEric Finzi, Norman E. Rosenthalinventors
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed for treating social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and/or panic disorder in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin to a corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilii and/or a procerus muscle in the subject, thereby treating PTSD. The neurotoxin can be Botulinum toxin A, such as at a dose of about 20 to about 50 units of Botulinum toxin A.
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A method for treating a panic disorder in a subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a botulinum toxin to a facial muscle involved in frowning, scowling, or a sad appearance of the subject to cause paralysis of facial muscle involved in frowning, scowling, or a sad appearance of the subject or a panic disorder in a subject, thereby treating the panic disorder in the subject.
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