Botox could help treat migraines in children without major side effects

Botox could be a viable treatment for children suffering from migraines, a new study has shown.

Research has shown that a small group of children who had the injections experienced less intense and less frequent migraines. They also experienced no major side effects. This comes after Botox was approved for migraine treatment for adults in 2010. However, its effects have only been tested on children recently. Monitoring just nine children over the course of five years, researchers at the University of California, Irving, found that after receiving the injections, the children experienced far few attacks. Botox works by temporarily freezing muscles. It has been proven to be an effective treatment for chronic migraines because it blocks muscle spasms from occurring. The only pain that the children experienced during treatment (external from the migraine) was the administration of the Botox itself. Researchers hope to conduct a larger experiment soon to confirm their findings.