Two Botulism Cases May Be Linked To Botox
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Health officials are investigating whether a Florida man and woman got botulism from Botox injections.
A spokesman for the Palm Beach County Health Department said both patients got Botox at the same clinic in Broward County. They've since been
hospitalized.
Botox is a derivative of the toxin that causes botulism. It's used as an anti-wrinkle drug.
A spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said the agency is trying to learn whether a Florida man and woman got
botulism from Botox injections.
Authorities are not releasing the name of the clinic and won't say when the patients received the injections of Botox. Botox is a derivative of the
toxin that causes botulism that also has been used as an anti-wrinkle drug.
I never quite understood or came to grasps as to why people would inject themselves with a deadly agent just to have fatter lips or less wrinkles.
While I feel sorry for these people on one hand, I kinda feel that they are responsible for their own actions by choosing to get the shots in the
first place.
[edit on 11-29-2004 by worldwatcher]
