Botox, the new remedy for children with excessive drooling

A doctor at the McGill University Health Center has successfully treated an infant with Botox because of excessive drooling.

Dr. Sam Daniel decided to experiment with the drug when the baby started to drown in his saliva; the infant suffers from a rare disorder called Charge Syndrome and at the time Dr. Daniel saw him, he was drowning in his own saliva and was being kept alive on a ventilator.

After an evaluation, Dr. Daniel suggested they try a Botox injection in his neck.
"I wasn't sure it would work. I wasn't sure of the side effects but I knew if it did work it would mean something for this child and the family", stated Dr. Daniel.

Though the Quebec government does not fund the treatment because it has not approved it, the infant is now eight months old and doing well. (His parents did not want their child identified.)

This is the first time in the medical history that a child under four years had this kind of treatment.