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**Injection of botulinum neurotoxin approved by the FDA, for therapeutic or
cosmetic purposes, is considered safe when administered by a licensed and
trained medical professional.**
Every word in that sentence is doing work, and this report is what happens
when several of them are removed.
What happened
**During May–June 2025, three people experienced severe illness requiring
hospitalisation after self-injecting botulinum neurotoxin purchased online.**
After their clinical teams consulted with the CDC, all three received
botulinum antitoxin and **recovered with varying residual signs and
symptoms**.
Recovered, but not entirely. Botulinum toxin blocks nerve signals to muscle,
and a dose large enough to cause systemic illness does not necessarily leave
no trace.
The three things that went wrong
Set against the safety statement above:
- Not administered by a licensed, trained professional — self-injected
- Not an FDA-approved product, or not verifiably one
- Not purchased from the manufacturer or an authorised distributor —
bought online
A product sold online outside the authorised chain has no guaranteed
concentration. Botulinum toxin is dosed in units of a substance that is
lethal in microgram quantities; a preparation of unknown strength, injected by
someone without training, is the whole of the hazard here.
What the CDC asks
**BoNT should only be administered by licensed and trained medical
professionals, using recommended doses of FDA-approved products purchased
directly from the manufacturer or through authorized distributors.**
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**Self-injection of BoNT purchased online from unauthorized sources can
result in serious adverse health effects.**
Worth noting also that the treatment existed and worked: **botulinum
antitoxin**, reached through a clinical consultation with the CDC. A clinician
faced with an unexplained severe weakness after a cosmetic injection has
somewhere to call.
*Source: Lamere L, Cope J, Breazu R, et al. Notes From the Field: Severe
Illnesses After Self-Injection of Botulinum Toxin Purchased Online — New York,
Texas, and Wisconsin, 2025. MMWR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.*
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