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, an obsessive compulsive 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, thereby treating the social anxiety disorder, the obsessive compulsive disorder or the panic disorder in the subject.