Who is prescribing your botox? New guidelines in place as remote prescribing is banned.
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Article by Doctor Michel Lauzel Remote prescribing of Botox no longer permitted under new GMC guidelines. Anti- wrinkle injections (botulinum toxins) such as botox, vistabel, azzalure, xeomin, dysport, have become so commonplace, that it is easy to forget that all these products are in fact prescription drugs. Every time you have a botox treatment there should be a corresponding prescription issued by a registered medical doctor, dentist or prescribing nurse. It has become common practice for freelance nurses (non prescribing) to administer these injections to individuals by obtaining botox and other botulinum toxins via remote prescription i.e. having doctors prescribe the botox via phone or fax without actually seeing the patient. With remote prescribing, the doctor cannot effectively evaluate the movement of facial muscles to determine the optimum dose of botulinum toxin to soften lines. This can only be done with a visual and physical examination face to face and...
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What is Botox? The Truth about Botox
Article by Dr Michel Lauzel We are frequently asked this question, so put our questions about anti-wrinkle injections to medical aesthetics practitioner Dr Michel Lauzel What is ‘Botox?’ There is a great deal of confusion around Botox and although it is quite often used to describe all injectable treatments, it is actually a brand name (like Apple & Hoover) and a registered trademark of Allergan. Not a generic term for other botulinum toxins. Botulinum toxin type A is a naturally occurring protein produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum. Brands of this type of botulinum toxin commercially available in the UK are Botox®/ Vistabel® (for cosmetic use) Xeomin®, Bocouture®, Dysport® recently approved for cosmetic use as Azzalure®. How safe is BOTOX®/VISTABEL®? Allergan’s Botox/Vistabel has been used in the medical field since the 1960s to treat conditions such as excessive blinking, excessive sweating, and cerebral palsy. Allergan, the manufacturers of Botox®, gained...
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