How is botulism injection therapy used to treat Tourette syndrome?

How is botulism injection therapy used to treat Tourette syndrome?

Botulinum toxin, or one brand is Botox®, can be very helpful for some types of very localized tick; for example, people with repetitive eye-blinking, or repetitive eye-closure, can be quite successfully treated by injection with Botulinum toxin. Or, if somebody else has a very predictable smaller movement, a movement of their face, or a movement of a limb, if you can target the muscle that's contracting repetitively for that tick - and get a needle there safely - it could conceivably be treated with some success by injection with Botulinum toxin, or Botox®. Now, that doesn't necessarily remove that sensory phenomenon that precedes the motor tick, so the person could be left with that need to move, and a less ability to do so, which could be unpleasant for some people. But, in my experience, where I've treated the repetitive eye-closure/blinking, it's worked quite well. It's a pretty simple procedure to do, and with very little risk.