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Table 4 Fixed-dose injection sites for onabotulinumtoxinA

From: Unmet clinical needs in chronic migraine: Rationale for study and design of COMPEL, an open-label, multicenter study of the long-term efficacy, safety, and tolerability of onabotulinumtoxinA for headache prophylaxis in adults with chronic migraine

 

LEFT

Number of units per muscle (number of injection sitesa)

RIGHT

Number of units per muscle (number of injection sitesa)

TOTAL

Number of units per muscle (number of injection sitesa)

Procerus

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5 (1 site)

Corrugator

5 (1 site)

5 (1 site)

10 (2 sites)

Frontalis

10 (2 sites)

10 (2 sites)

20 (4 sites)

Temporalis

20 (4 sites)

20 (4 sites)

40 (8 sites)

Occipitalis

15 (3 sites)

15 (3 sites)

30 (6 sites)

Cervical Paraspinal Muscle Group

10 (2 sites)

10 (2 sites)

20 (4 sites)

Trapezius

15 (3 sites)

15 (3 sites)

30 (6 sites)

Total Dose

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155 U (31 sites)

  1. Source: [32]
  2. a1 injection site = 0.1 milliliter (mL) = 5 U of onabotulinumtoxinA