New Botox Warnings: Should Nicole Kidman be worried?

August 4th, 2009. By

nicolekidmanbotox2Hands down, Nicole Kidman has become bad Botox’s poster child. While she will never surpass the cherished position that Jocelyn Wildenstein (if you don’t know her, google her) holds in the annals of cosmetic plastic surgery, Nicole is definitely looking smooth while sporting an otherwise would-be scrunched brow look. But should she, and other Botox devotees, take notice of yesterday’s FDA update on Botulinum Toxin (aka Botox et al) safety?

Well, before all of Hollywood heads for the cover of dimly lit rooms, the FDA update warns that Botulinum Toxin injections can spread from the area of injection to cause symptoms simillar to botulism; these include potentially life-threatening swallowing and breathing difficulties and even death.

The FDA points out that “symptoms have mostly been reported in children with cerebral palsy being treated with botulinum toxin for muscle spasticity, a use of the drugs that has not been approved by FDA.” Lucky for Nicole et al that Botox has been approved by the FDA for dermatological use. And, to date, no adverse event reports of distant Botox spread have been associated with its use for frown lines or excessive underarm sweating (yes, another approved use).

Of course, “approved” use also comes with “recommended” doses. If your aim is to look frozen in time and ready for your Stepford moment, then perhaps there’s no guarantee on whether Botox migration could occur. So if you are getting Botox, or considering it, just remember to do so with a board-certified doctor using the recommended dose for the Botulinum Toxin brand you’re receiving. The FDA has also included new established names for the four different approved brands to date:

Botox (new established name: onabotulinumtoxinA)
Botox Cosmetic (new established name: onabotulinumtoxinA)
Myobloc (new established name: rimabotulinumtoxinB)
Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) approved April 2009 with the boxed warning and is not making any name or label changes at this time.

Ask to see the label, and familiarize yourself with the recommended number of units for injection for that brand (visit the company’s website) before you have the injection.

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  • Judith A September 2, 2010 at 5:24 am

    I was given botox in my neck for pain, I could barely walk for 5 weeks and in severe pain for 6 months,

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  • Valerie Casey April 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    THIS IS FRAUD! On 12/07/2009, I WAS SERIUOSLY INJURED FROM HAVING DYSPORT INJECTIONS. I HAD NEVER HAD BOTOX OR DYSPORT BEFORE. I HAD RESEARCHED THIS PRODUCT PRIOR TO MY DECISION TO TRUST THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR ME TO TRY. I HAD ALWAYS SHIED AWAY FROM BOTOX BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS A POISON, YET WHEN DYSPORT WAS ADVERTISED, IT SOUNDED GREAT! MY INJURIES WERE NOT MY FAULT. THERE WAS NEGLECT FROM THE NURSE AND THE FDA WITH MY INITIAL ONLINE RESEARCH, IN 2009 ETC., OF REVEALING ANY SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT~SUCH AS~ 'BLACK BOX WARNING'! WHICH WAS NOT REVEALED~ UNTIL AFTER I WAS LURED BY THE FRAUDULENT ADS OF THIS PRODUCT [DURING THE 2009 HOLIDAYS].

    I HAD NEVER HEARD OF 'BLACK BOX WARNING' OR WHAT IT EVEN MEANT! MY ONCOLOGIST CONFIRMED TO ME OF 'HOW IT WAS ABLE TO BE USED' BY ISSUING IT TO DOCTORS CARE, ETC.. MY ONCOLOGIST ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE DYSPORT INJECTIONS ARE THE CAUSE FOR MY MALT LYMPHOMA, YET BECAUSE OF HIS LAWYERS, HE COULD NOT PUT IT INTO WRITING. MY ONCOLOGIST & STAFF WERE SO CARING. THEY HELD MY HAND & COMFORTED ME THROUGH THE RETUXIN CHEMO INJECTIONS, WHEN I COULD'NT CRY TEARS, OR KNEW IF MY BODY WOULD LIVE THROUGH OR REJECT IT. THE RETUXIN CHEMO KILLS THE CANCER & HEALTHY BLOOD CELLS IN MY BODY. I HAD TO SIT IN THE CHAIR , WITH A SLOW DRIP OF 6 HOURS ONCE A WEEK , FOR FOUR TREATMENTS. MY MIND ALONE WAS BARELY HANGING ON. I COULDN'T TEAR, & WITH NO WAY TO VENT. THE EXTREME SUFFERING IN EVERY IMAGINABLE THOUGHT IS INDESCRIBABLE.
    WHY OR HOW COULD THE DOCTOR THAT TRAINED HER NURSE GET AWAY WITH NOT EXPLAINING ABOUT THE 'BLACK BOX WARNING' , OR ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS TO GIVE ALARM TO?

    I HAD TO BE INJURED, BEFORE FINDING OUT THROUGH THE GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINE AND WHEN THE REALITY HIT ME, OF HOW SERIOUSLY SICK I WAS GETTING. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER MY FILING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF MY DYSPORT INJURY, DID THE MANY TRUTHS BE KNOWN ABOUT SUCH SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS WHICH HAD OCCURRED, PRIOR TO MY BEING INJURED. I HAD DISCOVERED ONE ISSUE AFTER ANOTHER, I.E., ABOUT A PREGNANT WOMAN FROM AUSTRAILIA. HER BABY WAS BORN WITH SEVERE BIRTH DEFECTS. AND AGAIN~ BY THE PUBLIC DEMAND MADE KNOWN, ABOUT THE 16 CHILDREN THAT DIED. BEFORE THE FDA APPROVED DYSPORT IN THE U.S. , THERE ADDITIONALLY HAD BEEN OVER 250 REPORTED CASES OF SERIOUS INJURIES FROM DYSPORT INJECTIONS.!! THE DOCTOR & THE MEDIA ADS KEPT HIDDEN ALL THIS TO THE COMMON PERSON [SUCH AS MYSELF], FOR SUCH COMMON ACCESS W/ INTEREST, FOR AVAILABLITY TO DISCOVER SUCH FACTS THROUGH RESEARCH.
    I WAS LURED LIKE SO MANY OTHER NEW CUSTOMERS WITH HOLIDAY COUPON SPECIALS. THIS PRODUCT WAS ADVERTISED AS BEING LONGER LASTING THAN BOTOX AND SAFE WITH MINIMAL 'TEMPORARY' SIDE EFFECTS, MAYBE MINOR SWELLING. I HAD COUNSELED WITH THE NURSE, & SHE ASSURED ME OF HOW SAFE IT WAS. SHE HAD HER ENTIRE FACE AND NECK INJECTED. I TOLD HER THAT I WANTED JUST A LITTLE LIFT, FOR A FRESH SOFTER LOOK. This BLACK BOX warning was made by the FDA in 4-5 /2009, THIS WARNING WAS NOT TOLD TO ME, OR AVAILABLE for me to know when I decided to try the injections. Quinby, the nurse had shortly moved on, after she had injected me with the dysport. Immediately, the damages to my life had just started. I was told from several lawyers that I had cause for product liability, personal injury, & medical malpractice. Keep in mind, that from the beginning to this very day, I had no control of time limits on filing grievance. I had no idea what was ahead of me, in fact. I was literally in the dark, trying to find justice, yet was suffering & running out of time for Oregon's statute of limitations.

    Please take the time to help me with this. My life about safety with honest communication with doctors to patients, Fda, etc., Lesser than this, is totally unethical & damaging.

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  • Valerie Casey April 8, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Cont.
    This is a link that tells my whole story, including my moments as to when I was able to finding such necessary information to justify the injuries, with such wrongful neglect from the doctor, FDA, manufacture, all of the justice system that I've reached out to, imperative for my rights & such suffering.

    https://plus.google.com/photos/109884655296952205…

    Certainly my life is to be recognized with value, for the civil justice system. My experience was from a product liability, Dysport. Responsible for the injections would be the doctor that trained the nurse who had injected me. That doctor totally neglected me while I suffered as the results of damage progressed to lymphoma in my eyes. Causing my eyeball to bleed. I would also assume the FDA.

    I had no idea or strength to fight or barely care for myself. And was aware of also the statute of limitations. If I recall, from my dates, I was starting to seek legal help around the time of the cancere diagnosis. 1 yr ago this month 4/2012, was when I had the biopsies. IS THIS FAIR TO ME? Otherwise, Justice & the Human decency, for my life simply does not apply. And this fraudulent doctor is basically getting away with serious life threatening injury to me.
    This is not only unethical, but where is the justice on my behalf?
    Forgive me, if this is erratic or disorganized. My time is limited on the computer.

    THIS LINK IS QUITE DETAILED OF MY EXPERIENCE & FINDINGS:
    https://plus.google.com/photos/109884655296952205…

    —————
    I'm seeking justice for myself & a lawyer to file suit against the FDA, the manufacturer, the doctor & her nurse for fraud advertising, withholding the dangerous side effects which also kept me in the dark of never knowing what a 'BLACK BOX WARNING' was, etc. It was not until I was barely able to fight for my life that I had googled the search engine which led me to lawyers in Texas that explained about this black box warning, the deaths, etc.. HAD I KNOWN IN 2009 THAT THESE ADVERTIZED INJECTIONS could even cause a cold, much less & more severe such as problems to eyes, & was also life threatening. I swear it was not that big of a deal to me, about beauty. I make my own soy milk, I don't smoke, & use light therapy. I felt confident with my findings & the discussion with the nurse, before the injections. I've never experienced & so far have lived through so much hell in my life. The infections developed into MALT LYMPHOMA CANCER to my eye glands. Which is a very RARE AREA FOR THIS CANCER. From the time, I WAS SUFFERING after the injections, [in the early stages~onward]; My mind was numb & so traumatized. I had one long conversation with the doctor. She was quick to refund me, while showing me no mercy or care on my behalf. With all my trust, I held on to believing her that in 5 months this poison would wear off. 4/5/2012, I'm in cancer remission, I still have zero tears & deeply depressed, devalued & I feel like my life had been taken from me. I don't know who to reach out to anymore in my defense & justice.

    Infact. when I reached out to this site for help i was rejected, which is an injustice on my behalf.

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    • LAS_Admin April 9, 2012 at 7:45 am

      Hi Valerie, Only an attorney can really assess your complaint regarding your experience with Dysport. Unfortunately, when it comes to drug side effects, many factors need to be taken into consideration in order for an alleged drug related injury to become an actual lawsuit–the most important of which is the science/clinical data that absolutely proves a direct correlation between the drug and the alleged side effect. Compounding that is the unique set of variables and circumstances of the victim–for example, did the victim have any other conditions that may have contributed to the alleged injury, aside from taking the drug in question? Because of all these considerations, while a victim may allege injury due to a specific drug, proving that direct correlation is not always as simple as it seems. And no attorney wants to set up a victim with false hopes of winning a case that perhaps cannot be won–it's not what a victim ever wants to hear, but to do otherwise–to provide false hope–is to be unethical, and such practice can be as emotionally harmful as the initial injury is to begin with. Not good. Having said that, the only way to see whether a complaint might stand up legally, is to have a lawyer review the details of the alleged injury. In terms a Dysport or Botox injury, a complaint can be submitted for attorney review here: https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/submit_form….

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  • Valerie Casey April 13, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Thank you very much, I did contact this site and filed my complaint, as I have with many. I still haven't heard any thing. I was doing more research and found extensive news about Dysport. One of the postings is about a doctor that was also injured. She filed suit, it went to a jury trial and had won her lawsuit. I'm not a doctor, however, I have a lot of education and training. I do take caution with what I do to my body and assumed to trust the FDA & the Doctors that I'm to depend on in knowing what they are doing. I also expect and trust to know about all the products given to me, etc.

    READ THIS:
    dated January 23, 2008 (Petition), and supplement received
    on January 28, 2008 (Supplement). Your Petition requests that the Food and Drug
    Administration (FDA or Agency) immediately require the Biologics License Application (BLA)
    holders of all formulations ofbotulinum toxin to issue a Dear Health Care Professional (DHCP)
    letter to "alert physicians to serious problems, including hospitalizations and deaths, resulting
    from the spread ofthe toxin from the site of injection to other parts ofthe body" (Petition at 1).
    Your Petition also requests that FDA require BLA holders of botulinum toxin products to
    provide "additional warnings in the form of a black box" to product labeling regarding the risk of
    distant spread of the toxin effects from the site of injection and provide an FDA-approved
    Medication Guide for patients, to be dispensed by physicians at the time of injection. Your
    request is based on rates of dysphagia and muscle weakness in preapproval clinical trials and
    postmarketing adverse event reports of dysphagia, aspiration, and/or pneumonia.

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  • muzicladi April 27, 2012 at 5:14 am

    This is the reply for being rejected: 4/27/2012

    The last few months I've been battling with unusual situations of either a wronged diagnosis with false statements made on my charts pertaining to my injury from Dysport from Northwest EyeHealth. The records of my visits are 'very inaccurate', and my only thought would be that there's been tampering with my files. The initial intake screening form was from several years earlier and then that incident/appointment was also wrong. The office manager did not work at that branch, in 2007. According to their records, I had cancelled the 2007 appointment, Yet, they had my initial intake history chart from that day of the appoinment that they have listed as being cancelled. I in fact, did make it to the appointment and was seen, yet I was not then aware of my insurance coverage, etc. until the optometrist had began with the checkup of my eyes. It was a simple mistake, for insurance policies. Possibly, that appointment was maybe considered as a cancel. It was no problem, yet to this very day, I'm still counted as not being at that appointment. However, the original intake form from that semi-missed appt. was used in conjunction with my 1/2010 appointment about the severity of the dysport injury visits. Also, what was made from my first 2010 visit was a statement written out, that I was suppose to have said: 'having crusty lids for years'. This is absolutely false!
    For a stranger to read this, it could very well appear to reflect of nothing of great importance. It is to me. It's the small issues that can draw serious attention away from the truth. I don't fabricate, seek trouble or hurt people. I won't, I can't, nor will I give up on what I know for a fact that these injuries for how I've I've suffered from are morally and unethical, if the law does not help me.
    In 1/2010 The first optometrist had completely ignored my hysteria of explaining the Dysport injections causing the extreme irritation, & immediate tear loss/zero tear production.
    My lachrymal lands were paralyzed and damaged from the dysport'! ~cont.

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  • muzicladi April 27, 2012 at 5:18 am

    cont. From the beginning AGAIN~ I researched any possible dangers from this Dysport prior to trusting the word of what I don't like to say about anyone. But this cosmetic doctor is fraudulent. She and her nurse completely neglected my welfare, from the beginning. [Strangely, the nurse just so happens to go back to nursing after her injuring me.] When I did call VanderVeer, I was so terrified and I couldn't tear at all. I was so fragile and more than willing to giving her the doctors phone numbers that did initially see me to treat my eye with the severe dryness and infections. What's alarming is that I'm going through my doctors charts and first diagnosis, which my pain, fear & the #1 complaint which I had expressed was the new experience caused from the Dysport. These eye doctors knew of nothing about Dysport. When I saw the 1st doctor it was all based on my irritation to my eyes, the dysport, & zero tearing with such pain. I also broke down and sobbed. No tears from my eyes, just from my nose. After I left his office, I immediately had a floater in my left eye. I'd never had anything like that before either. I didn't like this doctor, so I went to another one at the same clinic and was satisfied with his caring attitude and heart. Fast forward… I eventually requested all of my doctors records. This first doctor had not put one word in the notes about my being upset over the Dysport and my fears etc. The second doctor was more honest. Just yesterday, I met with the manager from this clinic and for the first time I read my intake chart. I froze with anger and the possibility of my files being tampered with. There were notes that emphasized eyes issues such as crusty eyes, and some other things, which supposedly I had said.Which is a blatant lie. Infact, this intake form seemed to be partially taken from a 2007 appointment that I had at this office, yet I had left the appointment because of insurance issues. On file the manager says that I had cancelled this appointment, yet they managed to still have my intake form which so happens to have partially been used for my 2010 appointment which was the beginning of like a slow torture. I'm not a fool, nor do I accuse people of falsifying medical records. In addition to the fact, that I had given VanderVeer these doctors phone numbers to discuss and confirm what I was going through, etc. I too have had a hystory of trauma which does not apply to my connected failing of health beginning with the Dysport poisoning and damage to my glands. My oncologist had also told me that he believed that Dysport was what caused all this and my cancer, yet because of the black box warning and his lawyers, he was not able to put it into writing. Any of my past issues had nothing to do with this serious injury which has left me with an incurable cancer and zero tear production and emphysema. I don't doubt for a minute VanderVeer finding a way through my doctors, unethically lying and finding the means of confusing health records, etc. I'm an honest woman and I totally know my body and trust my judgement.

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  • muzicladi April 27, 2012 at 5:18 am

    Whats is so sad, is I'm not the only one that has been seriously injured and left in the dark from dishonest doctors. These other wonderful ladies and some men are successful, intelligent and like myself, imperfect, yet they know their bodies. Many that have been injured are fitness trainers, teachers, educated and very nice people. They too were not educated on various levels of these cosmetic products which are causing greater harm to many. I'm often hearing from these ladies that are in a similar fearful dispair. With similar side effects and some are different. COMMON SENSE IS SO OBVIOUS that right after I had this poison it had DAMAGED MY EYE GLANDS , INTO MY LUNGS, & MENTAL ANGUISH. With alot of anger. It almost appears that because Vanderveer has such an expanding business, etc. It's all about money an to hell with my life, intelligence, reputation & the truth. I'm on a disability as it is because I was injured many years ago with a double rotator cuff injury. I had also an operation on both feet, [I'm very athletic & basically I had broken feet]. I heal and wisely persevere. I don't don't take life for granted, or compromise myself to situations that are bad for my body. Any other of my past health issues do not confict with dysport and to cause injury. What had caused this injury was Vanderveer, and her nurse concealing the truth of the black box warning. Moreso, the simple reality that it was capable of seriously injuring me. I was in the dark completely from day one. Even with my earlier research in 2009, especially at that time I should had known something, considering this so called FDA warning. I felt so pathetic after my dysport injury, I couldn't be in the light, and barely in the dark could sometimes search the internet for help, then finding answers from the search engine. THE DOCTOR SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME ALL THIS. Instead, she just left me in place of darkness and terrible suffering. Quick to give me a refund when I was so scared & believing her credential, to wait it out, 5 months. As time goes by, I'm getting worse and weaker. It didn't even occur to me about legal matters, etc. I wanted to heal & to live. Then the cancer diagnosis with malt lymphoma in my lachrymal glands. An unusual area for this cancer. Today, I'm regaining my strength, exercise more, getting better. I haven't cried a tear in 2 yrs & 4 months. I miss those healthy tears, while the anger continues to grow for what I went through. I not only was injured, but made to feel like my life didn't mean a damn thing. I curse that doctor and I really try not to. I'm a very neat lady and have also taken pride in my reputation and very talented. I can't believe the dishonesty, that I'm discovering through paperwork and the time of passage between lawyers, investigations, my following up on misleading informations that is contrary to the truth and Justice. It's B.S. wrong, & it's hell.
    How this is allowed to happen, unjustly, I can't understand how morally your power exceeds the honest and weak. I'd represent me in a second. My guess, would be this injustice that I'm receiving from many of you lawyers are to disregard the importance of my values, life, good spirit, strong heart and to just put me off, or to pass me off, while saying don't give up, or that I'll need to go nationwide, as I'm running out of time. I'm familiar with this contrary action of possible arrogance. As some of you lawyers that I go will also try to wear me down. However, the more I'm unjustly rejected the angrier and more determined I become. While also I find out that the medical paperwork from various appointments so happens to to be misleading, and also statements printed, I 'did not write or say'! The medical board also claims to thoroughly evaluate his own findings about my experiences, health, and reports from the doctors involved, etc, which of course, I'm not able to take part in, to verify what is accurate, etc. I'm on the other end.

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  • muzicladi April 27, 2012 at 5:19 am

    I'm not among the team of doctors and business associates to say, yay, nay, or to correct their documented written mistakes. This is my body! My experience! My life! A few lost dreams and expensive goals, that I was forced to quit because the Dysport was slowly, erratic, torturing and killing me! In 2009 on YouTube and Google I researched about Dysport & who should not have these injections and what side effects if any. Nothing gave me alarm for worry. I've never had asthma, ONLY SEASONAL ALLERGIES, yet were easily controlled with Patanol or Claritin. I've had a few fillers years ago and no problems at all. I take B complex, L-Carnatine, Coenzyme Q10, Omega 3's & other great anti aging supplements. I do my research and that I always have done, for educational purposes. I'm a very young 58 yr. old. & a good woman. Only now in greater debt. with school drops from the illness, school loans, yet re- attending the Summer term.
    Botox is no doubt very popular. Dysport is becoming even more so, I see a lot of frozen faces out there. No pun intended, but It's not my cup of tea. To each their own. I think there's no doubt a safer means of skin care. Such as exercise, fillers, light therapy, and so forth. Which these injections need to seriously either be off the market and exposed for what it does. The doctors sure aren't telling their patients. They train nurses for a way of luring the public and glorifying these two products, and honest to God do not tell the truth of possabilities of indiviual serious side effects. Just into making the money. VanderVeer is so fake, it's upsetting. I feel badly for even putting this label onto her. I could never do what she has done, such as walking away from my suffering so terribly bad for so long and not even being able to cry. That's inhuman.

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  • muzicladi April 27, 2012 at 5:20 am

    Lastly, I emphasize that my initial 1st medical record and Intake health history form at NthWest EyeHealth , are not true, or are 'added statements not made by me' , yet appears to resemble my handwriting. Additionally, the 2010 first visit notes that were made had 'totally' 'disregard my personally expressed fear, pertaining to Dysport ' and the pain from it immediately injuring me. Yesterday, at the meeting I'm reading everything, while I also recorded the discussion. I don't question myself and alertness, for all that's occurred. I was reading notes from the 2010 first doctors visit along with the prior 2007 intake form. They were both presented together, as if it was all from one appointment in 1/22/2010. And was totally contradictory from the truth, with false wordings expressed supposedly made by myself in print. I never made such remarks. I don't lie, especially when it concerns my health, life and reality, etc. I just don't lie. It doesn't do good, whatsoever.. I'm also not ignorant. I researched all the notes and any misleading words from technicians and disregarding those terrible injections, effects my life and my defense to apply towards my need for legal justice.. I'm not needy. I'm a believer that God takes care of me and my life is in his hands. With this being said, so do I with my values absolutely believe in justice. No matter how long it takes. Why is this so hard for you lawyers? To hell with the statute of limitations and with falsification of what has happened. What also an insult. My God. The additional irony is that this certainly is a crime. I wouldn't be on this site, expecting JUSTICE to fight for me, for Gods sake and the truth. Just because additionally you are reading up on differences from medical documents comparable to what I have repeated over and over again what has happened. How or if my health was already compromised at the time of dysport injections is not applicable. I researched every issue, and was active, and completely surprised by such trauma. This needs to not be disregarded whatsoever. If it is, then it shows to me and many others that it's crooked and is not of Justice.

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  • Pm December 7, 2014 at 5:38 pm

    I got lymphoma from BOTOX. stay away from this garbage.

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    • valerie May 25, 2015 at 6:13 am

      Pm, I’m checking in on this site in reference to my serious complaint with extreme Dysport trauma. The experience continues & is a nightmare in every way imaginable. You said that you ALSO got lymphoma from Botox. Botox & Dysport are very similar. Botulism poisoning & or poor placement of injections to areas near the lachrymal glands. Blood vessels to forehead, etc.
      Will you please contact me. Ive never in my life have experienced such s fight for my life with so much more. The nurses doctor responsable for the Dysport injections that immediately damaged my eyes that had first of all permanently caused my inability to simply CRY TEARS, well the doctor has had he’d lawyer basically threaten me to remove all of my honest detailed reviews for what I’ve gone through since my office visit for having the Dysport injections. There is much more than a personal injury that I’m fighting for. Its been almost 5 1/2 years of living with such cruelty. Lymphoma has been back & Ive had it 3 times now. I can’t even cry healthy tears anymore. And KNOWING that my medical intake form from the 1st eye doctors had been altered is devastating. The full story is shockingly connected, which is so obvious, if only the Justice authorities would thoroughly look into it. The statute of limitations was up for me, while I suffered with the damage & treatments. Time slipped by, while being rejected from lawyers. Oddly, my guess was my falsified records that I had no idea existed. Cancer isn’t a strong enough legal complaint, I guess. Life? Living life knowing that being poisoned while never knowing of such possible side effects existed. Or that the nurse was not qualified to inject me. She had made these injections to my forehead. Not below my eyes. It spread or was misplaced. And Doctors only are suppose to do the injecting.
      Forgive me, for all this. But it doesn’t make sense to me, that again I’m feeling yet, a new & different trauma. This doctor has treated me to a $200.00 refund, during the only phone call we shared. And it was when I was so traumatized, not able to cry while my eyes were so painfully feeling they were on fire like a sandblaster. A few months later a lump was in my neck. It moved to my lungs & then diagnosed with severe double pneumonia/ emphysema. Common sense to this injury.
      I very much want to know your story PM.

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  • valerie May 25, 2015 at 6:15 am

    I need a lawyer that knows darn well that I have a serious personal injury suit.

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  • April January 6, 2016 at 7:17 am

    Hello. I’m sorry to hear your story of your experience with dysport. I have questioned the side effects regarding this drug. My current situation happened earlier 2015, after receiving my first set of injections of dysport within 3-4 weeks I was diagnosed with Lymphoma. Fortunately a month prior to that I had some chest pain and had X-rays that were clear so my timing to identify the lymphoma onset was better determined. I had my chemo regimen went into remission and after two months into remission spoke with my oncologist if it would be safe to have injections again. She confirmed that my blood course we’re good. Within three weeks after my injections, I discovered a lump and was confirmed to be lymphoma again. Coincidence not so sure. I’m trying to find information out there and see if others have had similar experiences.

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    • JOANNE September 22, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      Hello, just read all the above posts. I too am so sorry to hear your story. I had injections 2015 and early 2016 and subsequantly diagnosed with NHL follicular lymphoma. I have finished my chemo and immunotherapy treatments. Horrible year between all the tests biopsies.Thank god I am in remission but have to have immunotherapy every 3 months for 2 years. Was the botox the CULPRIT? I never even thought of the injections as being responsible and never thought to ask my oncologist. I will say that he said that my lymphoma was indolent(slow growing) and had had it for some time possibly years. As the numbers of persons diagnosed with lymphoma continue to increase each year the progress in science to treat this terrible monster or as I call it terrorist attack on the lymph nodes system is very promising. Your story has touched me, I truly wish you a brighter tomorrow and ,any more tomorrows…

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  • Meade May 20, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    Lymphoma of the neck area.daughter, big user of Botox……………..

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