Zytaze Dietary Supplementation Enhances Botox Injections?

A patient with spasmodic dysphonia recently asked me whether Zytaze dietary supplement would help enhance the effectiveness of the botox injections I perform to treat spasmodic dysphonia. This dietary supplement contains Zinc Citrate 25mg and Phytase 500mg. Phytase is an enzyme that effectively breaks down phytates commonly found in whole grain products and cereals. Phytase basically enhances zinc absorption in the gut. So what's so special about zinc as it relates to botox ? Theor…

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There are SIX Different Types of Botox Available in the Market

Not many people know that there are now FIVE different types of  botox  available and FDA approved for use in the United States. The five botox products are as follows (the newest one being Daxxify as of 9/8/22): 1)  Botox by Allergan 2)  Myobloc by Solstice Neurosciences 3)  Dysport by Ipsen, Ltd 4)  Xeomin by Merz 5)  Jeuveau by Evlous 6) Daxxify by Revance Obviously, Botox by Allergan was the first and most popular to the point where its product name "botox" is being use…

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Vocal Cord Botox Injections to Treat Asthma???

Yup... It's true... A clinical trial  is under way in Australia to see if botox injections to the vocal cords can improve the shortness of breath some asthmatics have. Though nobody disputes that asthma is a pulmonary problem, it is not uncommon that the vocal cords in asthmatics may be dysfunctional exacerbating the breathing problem. What is meant by dysfunctional? It's when the vocal cords come together when the person is trying to breath. It is also known as paradoxical vocal …

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There are FIVE Different Types of Botox Available in the Market

Not many people know that there are FIVE different types of botox available and FDA approved for use in the United States. The five botox products are as follows: 1) Botox by Allergan 2) Myobloc by Solstice Neurosciences 3) Dysport by Ipsen, Ltd 4) Xeomin by Merz 5) Jeuveau by Evlous Obviously, Botox by Allergan was the first and most popular to the point where its product name "botox" is being used interchangeably to mean any botulinum toxin product; much like "Kleen…

10/18/2010 2

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Botox for Chronic Cough

There have been a few reports that discuss the use of botox to achieve significant improvement, if not cure, in adult patients with a chronic cough due to sensory neuropathy. In one report , researchers presented 4 case studies in which cough relief occurred after a median of 7 injections with a mean dose of 4.0 Units per treatment session for a mean duration of 25.7 months. In  another report, Mayo researchers performed botox injection in 22 patients among which 50% reported improvement i…

5/20/2010 3

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