Did you know Botox is being used to treat Tourettes symptoms?
My husband was just watching a show about Tourrettes Syndrome. He has a family member who has this, so he is interested. I did not see the show, but did walk through at one point when they were talking about a new technique used in helping to control some of the symptoms. One new thing they are doing is using Botox to help curb the vocal tics. They say this has worked for 80% of patients. The idea is to freeze the vocal cords to impede the message from the brain in reaching it. This is to help cut down on the vocal tics which many Tourrettes patients deal with. For the particular girl on the show, it did not work.
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