Botox: The Use of the Botulinum Toxin In the Treatment of Muscular Spasms

Abstract: Botox: The Use of the Botulinum Toxin In the Treatment of Muscular Spasms A 10 page overview of the pharmacological utilization of the neurotoxin Botulinum. This paper clarifies that while Botulinum is one of the most lethal agents known to humanity, so lethal in fact that it is one of the most feared in terms of being incorporated into biological terrorism because it can rapidly induce cardiac and respiratory paralysis, it is also of direct benefit in the treatment of muscular spasms. The author details the physiological mechanism of the manner in which Botox intervenes neurologically to reduce or eliminate spasms. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

---

Catagory:

Subcatagory: Health Care

---