TREATMENT OF SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND PANIC DISORDER USING BOTULINUM TOXIN

摘要

Methods are disclosed for treating social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and/or panic disorder in a subject. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin to a corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle in the subject, thereby treating PTSD. The neurotoxin can be Botulinum toxin A, such as at a dose of about 20 to about 50 units of Botulinum toxin A.

主权项

1. A method for treating a social anxiety disorder or a panic disorder in a subject, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a Botulinum toxin to a corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle of the subject to cause paralysis of the corrugator supercilli and/or a procerus muscle, and optionally administering the Botulinum toxin to the depressor anguli oris muscles of the subject, thereby treating the social anxiety disorder, the obsessive compulsive disorder or the panic disorder in the subject.