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Which type of botulinum toxin do you use for the initial and sequential treatment of dystonia?

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Neurology · Inova Health System

I prefer Xeomin based on relative cost, patient assistance programs, and sample availability to use at initial visits to start injections right away.

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Neurology · VUMC Neurology

There are no good quality comparison studies of botulinum toxins for dystonia. These studies are very difficult to do as dystonia is clinically heterogeneous and the treatment effect lasts much longer than what can be measured using clinical rating scales over a few weeks. Neutralizing antibodies ca...

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