Botox Dosage (Cont.)

Botox Dosage for Misaligned Eyes

The recommended dose of Botox for misaligned eyes (known medically as strabismus) is Botox 0.05 to 0.15 mL per muscle. Special techniques must be used to ensure injection into the proper site. Often, this is done with a special needle that measures electrical signals from the muscle. Your healthcare provider may give you anesthetic eyedrops a few minutes before your injection.
 

Botox Dosage for Severe Sweating

For treating severe underarm sweating, the standard recommended dose is 50 units of Botox per underarm, given in several small injections. Before the injections, your healthcare provider may do a painless procedure that stains the area of increased sweating in order to target the therapy to the appropriate area.
 

General Information on Dosing With Botox

Considerations for people taking Botox include the following:
 
  • The medication comes in injectable form. It is delivered directly into the muscles that are causing the problems. When treating severe sweating, Botox is injected directly into the underarm.
     
  • When treating misaligned eyes (strabismus), special techniques, sometimes using the electrical signals from the muscles, must be used to make sure that the injections are given in the right place.
     
  • Your healthcare provider may choose to use an anesthetic cream to numb your skin, but this is not necessary. If you are worried about pain, be sure to ask your healthcare provider about using an anesthetic cream.
     
  • The effects of Botox are not permanent. You will need to receive injections periodically in order to maintain the drug's effects.
     
  • For the medication to work properly, it must be taken as prescribed.
     
  • If you are unsure about anything related to your Botox dosage, please talk to your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.
     

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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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