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Effective Treatment for Severe Underarm Sweating


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Is BOTOX® treatment right for me?

Your doctor can help you decide if BOTOX® treatment is right
for you. In order to make the right treatment decision, you should discuss the following with your doctor before receiving BOTOX® injections:

  • Your doctor's experience with BOTOX® treatment
  • Effectiveness and important safety information about BOTOX®

You should tell your doctor if:

  • You are allergic to BOTOX® product or anything in the preparation
  • You have a neuromuscular disease such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome
  • You have an infection at the intended site of injection
  • You are taking antibiotics or other prescription medications, such as curare, that may interfere with neuromuscular transmission
  • You are being treated with any medications

Learn all you can about severe underarm sweating (primary axillary hyperhidrosis) and try to get a handle on the impact it may be having on your daily activities.

Remember, your doctor is there to help you, and the clearer you can be about your concerns, the better he or she will be able to help address them. It also may help to prepare a list of questions ahead of time.

Here are a few you may want to consider asking:

  • What causes severe underarm sweating?
  • How many patients do you see with this problem?
  • How will you determine what's wrong?
  • What treatments may be able to help?
  • How effective are they?
  • What are the side effects?
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Important Safety Information
You should not be injected if you have an infection at the injection site or are hypersensitive to any of the ingredients. Serious allergic reactions and cardiac events have been rarely reported. If you think you are having an allergic reaction or other unusual symptoms, such as difficulty swallowing, speaking, or breathing, call your doctor immediately.

Side effects include injection-site pain and bleeding, non-underarm sweating, infection, sore throat, flu, headache, fever, neck or back pain, itching and anxiety. Patients with certain neuromuscular disorders such as ALS, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome may be at increased risk of serious side effects.

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IMPORTANT BOTOX® SAFETY INFORMATION

You should not be injected if you have an infection at the injection site or are hypersensitive to any of the ingredients. Serious allergic reactions and cardiac events have been rarely reported. If you think you are having an allergic reaction or other unusual symptoms, such as difficulty swallowing, speaking, or breathing, call your doctor immediately.

Side effects include injection-site pain and bleeding, non-underarm sweating, infection, sore throat, flu, headache, fever, neck or back pain, itching and anxiety. Patients with certain neuromuscular disorders such as ALS, myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome may be at increased risk of serious side effects.

Please see product information.

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