Allergan plc is the company behind Botox® and Botox® Cosmetic.
According to the Allergan company website:
"BOTOX is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used:
to treat overactive bladder symptoms such as a strong need to urinate with leaking or wetting accidents (urge urinary incontinence), a strong need to urinate right away (urgency), and urinating often (frequency) in adults when another type of medicine (anticholinergic) does not work well enough or cannot be taken.
to treat leakage of urine (incontinence) in adults with overactive bladder due to neurologic disease when another type of medicine (anticholinergic) does not work well enough or cannot be taken.
to prevent headaches in adults with chronic migraine who have 15 or more days each month with headache lasting 4 or more hours each day.
to treat increased muscle stiffness in elbow, wrist, and finger muscles in adults with upper limb spasticity.
to treat the abnormal head position and neck pain that happens with cervical dystonia (CD) in adults.
to treat certain types of eye muscle problems (strabismus) or abnormal spasm of the eyelids (blepharospasm) in people 12 years and older.
BOTOX is also injected into the skin to treat the symptoms of severe underarm sweating (severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis) when medicines used on the skin (topical) do not work well enough.
BOTOX Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that is injected into muscles and used to improve the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults for a short period of time (temporary).
BOTOX Cosmetic is a prescription medicine that is injected into the area around the side of the eyes to improve the look of crow’s feet lines in adults for a short period of time (temporary)."
For more information on Botox® visit: https://www.botox.com/
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