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Tell us about yourself…
Have you already been diagnosed with Chronic Migraine?
What medication(s) are you currently taking for your headaches and migraines?
Think back to before you began your current medication(s). How often did you have headaches or migraines?
How often do you have headaches or migraines?
In the last month, how many days did your headaches and migraines impact your daily life? For example, did you have to cancel any plans or miss work?
Do your headaches or migraines typically last longer than 4 hours?
When you have a headache, how often do you have any of the following symptoms: nausea or vomiting, sensitivity to light or sound, seeing “spots,” pain on one side of the head behind the eye or eyeball?
Have you spoken to your doctor about how often you have headaches and migraines and how they affect you?
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Your answers aren’t consistent with Chronic Migraine symptoms. Chronic Migraine is defined as having 15 or more headache days each month, with migraine on at least 8 of those days, and each headache lasting 4 hours or longer.
It’s important to continue to keep track of your headaches and migraines. If you feel like they are becoming more frequent or more severe, you should speak to your doctor as soon as possible to determine the cause and potential treatment plans.
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There are 3.5 million people in the United States living with Chronic Migraine.
Medication that you take after a headache begins is called acute medication. Medication you take to help prevent a headache or migraine is called preventive medication.
Chronic Migraine is defined as having 15 or more headache days each month, with migraine on at least 8 of those days, and each headache day lasting 4 hours or longer. Chronic Migraine is more frequent and severe than other types of migraine, like episodic migraine .
Over a 90-day period, people living with Chronic Migraine miss, on average, over 60 days of planned activities.
Migraine headaches, the more debilitating type of headaches, last from .
Migraines can keep a person from working or other daily activities. At its worst, a migraine pain can require a trip to the hospital.
Over 550,000 Chronic Migraine patients have been treated with BOTOX® since it received FDA approval in 2010. BOTOX® is the only preventive treatment approved exclusively for Chronic Migraine. If your doctor is not a BOTOX® Specialist, or you’re not sure, you can use the specialist locator at the end of this quiz.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
BOTOX® may cause serious side effects that can be life threatening. Get medical help right away if you have any of these problems any time (hours to weeks) after injection of BOTOX®:
There has not been a confirmed serious case of spread of toxin effect away from the injection site when BOTOX® has been used at the recommended dose to treat chronic migraine.
BOTOX® may cause loss of strength or general muscle weakness, vision problems, or dizziness within hours to weeks of taking BOTOX®. If this happens, do not drive a car, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities.
Do not receive BOTOX® if you: are allergic to any of the ingredients in BOTOX® (see Medication Guide for ingredients); had an allergic reaction to any other botulinum toxin product such as Myobloc® (rimabotulinumtoxinB), Dysport® (abobotulinumtoxinA), or Xeomin® (incobotulinumtoxinA); have a skin infection at the planned injection site.
The dose of BOTOX® is not the same as, or comparable to, another botulinum toxin product.
Serious and/or immediate allergic reactions have been reported including itching, rash, red itchy welts, wheezing, asthma symptoms, or dizziness or feeling faint. Get medical help right away if you experience symptoms; further injection of BOTOX® should be discontinued.
Tell your doctor about all your muscle or nerve conditions such as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome, as you may be at increased risk of serious side effects including difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing from typical doses of BOTOX®.
Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you: have or have had bleeding problems; have plans to have surgery; had surgery on your face; weakness of forehead muscles; trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; any other abnormal facial change; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if BOTOX® can harm your unborn baby); are breastfeeding or plan to (it is not known if BOTOX® passes into breast milk).
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Using BOTOX® with certain other medicines may cause serious side effects. Do not start any new medicines until you have told your doctor that you have received BOTOX® in the past.
Tell your doctor if you received any other botulinum toxin product in the last 4 months; have received injections of botulinum toxin such as Myobloc®, Dysport®, or Xeomin® in the past (tell your doctor exactly which product you received); have recently received an antibiotic by injection; take muscle relaxants; take an allergy or cold medicine; take a sleep medicine; take aspirin-like products or blood thinners.
Other side effects of BOTOX® include: dry mouth, discomfort or pain at the injection site, tiredness, headache, neck pain, eye problems: double vision, blurred vision, decreased eyesight, drooping eyelids, swelling of your eyelids, dry eyes; and drooping eyebrows.
For more information refer to the Medication Guide or talk with your doctor.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Indication BOTOX® is a prescription medicine that is injected to prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine who have 15 or more days each month with headache lasting 4 or more hours each day in people 18 years or older.
It is not known whether BOTOX® is safe and effective to prevent headaches in patients with migraine who have 14 or fewer headache days each month (episodic migraine).
Please see BOTOX® full Product Information including Boxed Warning and Medication Guide.
For questions about this program, please call 1-800-44-BOTOX.
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