Possible botulism reported after cosmetic injections
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Dec 1, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Four people in Florida and New Jersey who might have been injected with the anti-wrinkle medication Botox are seriously ill with possible botulism, according to news services.
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US authorities are investigating whether injections of the anti-wrinkle drug Botox caused suspected cases of botulism in four people being treated in Florida and New Jersey.
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Botox treatment to rid yourself of unsightly wrinkles may be addictive, research has found.
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Botox and a similar injected drug have been associated with 16 deaths, four of them in children, and scores of serious injuries that occurred after the drug spread to vital organs.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The investigation into four cases of botulism poisoning at a Fort Lauderdale clinic has expanded to a third state: California.
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Shares of Allergan Inc. slipped 4 percent Tuesday on reports that health officials are investigating whether two people being treated for botulism contracted the disease after receiving injections of the company&#39;s Botox wrinkle treatment.
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Investigators are focusing on whether an unapproved wrinkle treatment caused four people to be hospitalized with suspected botulism poisoning after they received injections at a Florida clinic, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
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The Public Citizen Health Research Group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to increase the warnings on the popular cosmetic and drug Botox.
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Injections of the wrinkle-banisher Botox may help soothe the involuntary muscle contractions that plague some professional musicians, according to a new study.
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MIAMI - A shared quest for external beauty took a macabre twist when a financially squeezed doctor who lost his medical license injected himself, his girlfriend and another couple with the paralyzing botulism toxin instead of the low-dose derivative Botox
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Millions of women and men get Botox injections to get rid of wrinkles. Mild doses of the botulism poison are known to relax muscle and remove wrinkles.
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Four people paralysed by botulism were injected with large doses of a raw, unapproved botulinum toxin that their anti-wrinkle treatment clinic had bought from a California laboratory, federal documents show.
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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. -- Four people were paralyzed by botulism after being injected with large doses of a raw, unapproved botulinum toxin someone at their clinic bought from a California laboratory, federal documents show.
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A Superior Court jury found that the Botox injections administered by a Beverly Hills dermatologist did not cause the ailments that a patient complained about.
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The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drugs for muscle spasms have died, the government warned Friday
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Botox and a similar injection should come with strong warnings following reports of 16 deaths and other serious problems after the botulinum toxin spread inside the body, a U.S. consumer group said on Thursday.
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A new surgical procedure may help millions of patients who suffer from debilitating migrane headaches. Plastic surgeons injecting patients with botox were able to discover which muscles triggered the migrane