Neuroleptic-induced acute laryngeal dystonia causing stridor: A lesson to remember
✍ Scribed by Ambar Chakravarty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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✦ Synopsis
We thank Drs. Bodkin, Maurer, and Wszolek 1 for their interest in our article on botulinum type A therapy during pregnancy, 2 which appeared in the November 2004 issue of Movement Disorders. The overall use of BOTOX for both treatment and cosmetic purposes continues to rise. Incidental exposures of pregnant women to the drug are likely to become more common. Because there are no other equally effective treatments for some conditions, the issue of its use in pregnant women is a very important one. Similar to the woman with cervical dystonia who was alluded to in the response letter, other patients have indubitably experienced severe discomfort in the absence of BOTOX treatments during a pregnancy. More investigation is needed and we encourage physicians to continue to report their experiences with the use of neurotoxins during pregnancy.