August 3, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved incobotulinumtoxinA intramuscular injection (Xeomin; Merz Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of botulinum toxin–naive and ...

Blepharospasm describes a condition where a person experiences an involuntary spasm of the muscles surrounding the eyelid. “Blepharo” refers to the eyelids, while “spasm” describes twitching of the ...

Simple eye twitching that lasts for a few hours or a day or two does not require any testing but needs to be differentiated from similar conditions. Even for Chronic or essential blepharospasm there ...

Blepharospasm can be a debilitating condition that may render some patients functionally blind. We present a case of blepharospasm associated with apraxia of eyelid opening and describe a new ...

COURTESY OF DR. RICHARD HESSE, OSHNER CLINIC. Blepharospasm and facial dystonia have been present since at least the 16th century when Pieter Breughel painted the man in Figure 1, but any useful ...

Q: What are Botulinum toxinor Botox injections? A: Botox is Botulinum toxin. Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, and is extremely neurotoxic. When injected ...