Special Editorial – 'Menace or the Ultimate Medicine – a case for botulinum neuromedicine'

Botulinum neurotoxins are the most poisonous poisons currently known to mankind. Despite the potential of the medical applications early on, it is still quite understandable why this substance is commonly known as a toxin or neurotoxin; simply because the toxic effects were the only ones noticed historically, during food poisoning outbreaks. The question, however, is whether it is still appropriate to continue referring to this as a toxin or neurotoxin. If not, what should it be called? This editorial therefore makes the case for and proposes that botulinum neurotoxin be now called a botulinum neuromedicine.