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The anti-wrinkle drug Botox could soon be offered to patients with chronic migraines by the NHS in England and Wales, according to the medicines watchdog.
It is thought 700,000 people in the UK have chronic migraine.
Final draft guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend Botox when other drugs have failed.
The Migraine Trust said it welcomed the decision.
Migraines are extreme headaches that often come with nausea and being very sensitive to light or sound. To have chronic migraines, a patient must have headaches on at least 15 days a month, eight of which have to be migraines.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18021017
It is thought 700,000 people in the UK have chronic migraine.
Final draft guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend Botox when other drugs have failed.
The Migraine Trust said it welcomed the decision.
Migraines are extreme headaches that often come with nausea and being very sensitive to light or sound. To have chronic migraines, a patient must have headaches on at least 15 days a month, eight of which have to be migraines.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18021017