1. A method for treating a headache in a triptan medication overuse patient, the method comprising the step of local administration of a botulinum toxin to a patient who is a triptan medication overuse patient, thereby both countering a headache exacerbation caused by triptan medication overuse and reducing the use of triptan medication by the patient to treat a headache.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the botulinum toxin is selected from the group consisting of botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the botulinum toxin is a botulinum toxin type A.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the botulinum toxin is administered in an amount of between about 1 unit and about 10,000 units.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the local administration is by intramuscular or subcutaneous administration to a location on or within a head of a patient.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the local administration of the botulinum toxin is to a facial muscle of the patient.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the local administration is to a forehead of the patient
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the local administration of the botulinum toxin is to a subdermal location or to a muscle location from which the patient perceives a pain to arise.
9. A method for treating a headache in a triptan medication overuse patient, the method comprising the step of local administration of between about 1 unit and about 1,500 units of a botulinum toxin type A to a patient who is a triptan medication overuse patient, thereby both countering a headache exacerbation caused by the triptan medication overuse and reducing the use of triptan medication by the patient to treat a headache.
10. A method for increasing the effectiveness of a triptan medication to treat a headache, the method comprising the step of administering a triptan to treat a headache and local administration of a botulinum toxin.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the botulinum toxin is selected from the group consisting of botulinum toxin types A, B, C, D, E, F and G.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the botulinum toxin is a botulinum toxin type A.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the botulinum toxin is administered in an amount of between about 1 unit and about 10,000 units.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the local administration is by intramuscular or subcutaneous administration to a location on or within a head of a patient.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the local administration of the botulinum toxin is to a facial muscle of the patient.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein the local administration is to a forehead of the patient
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the local administration of the botulinum toxin is to a subdermal location or to a muscle location from which the patient perceives a pain to arise.
18. A method for increasing the effectiveness of a triptan medication to treat a headache, the method comprising the step of administering a triptan and local administration of between about 1 unit and about 1,500 units of a botulinum toxin type A, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the triptan to treat a headache.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image heating device comprising:
a belt configured to heat an image on a sheet;
a wire stretched from one widthwise end to the other widthwise end of the belt near a peripheral surface of the belt;
a moving member movably fixed to one end of the wire;
a biasing member configured to bias the moving member;
a detection unit configured to detect that the moving member is moved by a biasing force of the biasing member with being cut of the wire; and
a control unit configured to control, according to an output of the detection unit with regard to detecting that the moving member is moved, whether or not to prohibit an image heating process.
2. The image heating device according to claim 1,
wherein the detection unit includes a light emitting part and a light receiving part, and
wherein the control unit prohibits the image heating process when the moving member obstructs light traveling from the light emitting part to the light receiving part.
3. The image heating device according to claim 1, wherein the wire is stretched near an inner peripheral surface of the belt.
4. The image heating device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a rotating member configured to form, in cooperation with the belt, a nip where the image on the sheet is heated.
5. The image heating device according to claim 4, wherein the rotating member rotationally drives the belt.
6. The image heating device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a heating mechanism configured to heat the belt.