Drug & supplement interaction

Magnet Therapy + Botulinum Toxin Type A

Botulinum Toxin Type A brand name: Botox.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A in our sources. Absence of a documented interaction is not the same as proven safety, and does not guarantee one does not exist. Do not start, stop, or change a medication or supplement based on this page; confirm with your pharmacist or doctor first.

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Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A

We checked these two against our interaction database. Here is what we found.

No Known Interaction Found

We did not find a documented interaction between Botulinum Toxin Type A and Magnet Therapy in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — research on Magnet Therapy alongside specific medications may be limited.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Magnet Therapy at all — not against Botulinum Toxin Type A, and not against any other medication we track. This verdict therefore rests on the absence of any recorded data, not on research that looked at this combination and found nothing. We cannot rule an interaction out.

Magnet Therapy is a treatment rather than something you take. Tell whoever provides it which medicines you use, and ask your prescriber whether it is appropriate for your health and treatment. Do not stop a prescribed medicine on your own.

Always talk with your pharmacist or doctor before making changes to your medications or supplements, particularly if you take several medications or have an ongoing health condition.

Magnet Therapy safety at a glance

Magnet Therapy overall Use caution Static magnets are low-risk for most people but may be unsafe for those with implanted electronic devices.
Pregnancy Use caution Safety during pregnancy has not been well studied, so avoid use unless cleared by your doctor.
Breastfeeding Use caution There is little safety information for breastfeeding, so check with your doctor first.

Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Botulinum Toxin Type A and Magnet Therapy? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

What Magnet Therapy Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Botulinum Toxin Type A. It is the side-effect record for Magnet Therapy on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Magnet Therapy, this list is the first place to look.

  • Diarrhea / Nausea Additional detail

    “Magnet therapy seems to be generally well-tolerated. Some side effects reported in clinical trials include more painful menstrual periods, heavier periods, nausea, diarrhea, an abnormal sensation in the arms, and a feeling of "fuzzy headedness". However, it is unclear whether these side effects are attributable to the magnet therapy.”

    Magnet Therapy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in breast cancer.

    3 sources cited
    1. 15762. Eccles NK. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of stat magnet to relieve dysmenorrhea. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:681-7.
    2. 102577. Renner T, Sollmann N, Trepte-Freisleder F, et al. Repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) in subjects with migraine-setup presentation and effects on skeletal musculature. Front Neurol. 2019;10:738. PubMed
    3. 15763. Eccles NK. A critical review of randomized controlled trials of static magnets for pain relief. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:495-509. PubMed

    “Magnet therapy has been reported to cause nausea and diarrhea in clinical trials.”

    Magnet Therapy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    1 source cited
    1. 15762. Eccles NK. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of stat magnet to relieve dysmenorrhea. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:681-7.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Magnet Therapy — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Botulinum Toxin Type A to its FDA label in our system yet, so we can’t compare its own side-effect list here — the leaflet that comes with your prescription is the authoritative list for Botulinum Toxin Type A.

Overlapping uses

What Botulinum Toxin Type A Is Prescribed For, and What Magnet Therapy Has Been Studied For

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Botulinum Toxin Type A is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Magnet Therapy is a treatment: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Botulinum Toxin Type A is prescribed for: Botox is approved to treat a wide range of conditions in adults and some children. These include overactive bladder (OAB) with urge incontinence, urinary incontinence caused by nerve-related bladder overactivity (in adults and in children aged 5 and older), prevention of headaches in adults with chronic migraine (15 or more headache days per month), muscle stiffness (spasticity) in patients aged 2 and older, cervical dystonia (abnormal head position and neck pain), severe underarm sweating (primary axillary hyperhidrosis) when topical treatments haven't worked, eyelid spasms (blepharospasm) in patients aged 12 and older, and crossed eyes (strabismus) in patients aged 12 and older. BOTOX Cosmetic is a separate product containing the same active ingredient but with its own approved cosmetic uses. Both products are given by injection and are not interchangeable with other botulinum toxin products.

Read the rest of what Botulinum Toxin Type A is prescribed for

Botox has not been shown to work for episodic migraine (14 or fewer headache days per month), and its safety for excessive sweating in body areas other than the underarms has not been established.

Magnet Therapy has been studied for:

  • Urinary incontinence studied, not established Magnet Therapy has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

    Magnet Therapy for urinary incontinence

    Several small clinical studies show that short-term magnet therapy may improve some symptoms of urinary incontinence in females with stress incontinence, urge incontinence, or overactive bladder. Several meta-analyses show that magnet therapy offers benefit to patients with urinary incontinence when compared with sham treatment.

    9 sources cited
    1. 88458. But I, Faganelj M, Sostaric A. Functional magnetic stimulation for mixed urinary incontinence. J Urol 2005;173(5):1644-6. PubMed
    2. 88459. Chandi DD, Groenendijk PM, Venema PL. Functional extracorporeal magnetic stimulation as a treatment for female urinary incontinence: 'the chair'. BJU Int 2004;93(4):539-42. PubMed
    3. 88460. Unsal A, Saglam R, Cimentepe E. Extracorporeal magnetic stimulation for the treatment of stress and urge incontinence in women--results of 1-year follow-up. Scand J Urol Nephrol 2003;37(5):424-8.
    4. 99503. Lim R, Liong ML, Leong WS, Khan NAK, Yuen KH. Effect of pulsed magnetic stimulation on quality of life of female patients with stress urinary incontinence: an IDEAL-D stage 2b study. Int Urogynecol J. 2018;29(4):547-554. PubMed
    5. 95758. Lim R, Lee SW, Tan PY, Liong ML, Yuen KH. Efficacy of electromagnetic therapy for urinary incontinence: A systematic review. Neurourol Urodyn. 2015;34(8):713-22. PubMed
    6. 102576. He Q, Xiao K, Peng L, et al. An effective meta-analysis of magnetic stimulation therapy for urinary incontinence. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):9077. PubMed
    7. 102579. Peng L, Zeng X, Shen H, Luo DY. Magnetic stimulation for female patients with stress urinary incontinence, a meta-analysis of studies with short-term follow-up. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019;98(19):e15572. PubMed
    8. 106608. Sun K, Zhang D, Wu G, et al. Efficacy of magnetic stimulation for female stress urinary incontinence: a meta-analysis. Ther Adv Urol 2021;13:17562872211032485.
    9. 95759. Nambiar AK, Bosch R, Cruz F, et al. EAU Guidelines on Assessment and Nonsurgical Management of Urinary Incontinence. Eur Urol. 2018;73(4):596-609. PubMed
  • Neck pain studied, not established Magnet Therapy has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

    Magnet Therapy for neck pain

    Research on the effect of magnet therapy for neck pain is conflicting. Small clinical studies show that wearing a neck unit that provides a pulsed high frequency electromagnetic therapy of 27 MHz for 8 hours daily decreases pain and improves range of motion when compared with placebo in patients with persistent neck pain or those suffering acute whiplash injuries.

    3 sources cited
    1. 88440. Foley-Nolan D, Barry C, Coughlan RJ, et al. Pulsed high frequency (27MHz) electromagnetic therapy for persistent neck pain. A double blind, placebo-controlled study of 20 patients. Orthopedics 1990;13(4):445-51. PubMed
    2. 88441. Foley-Nolan D, Moore K, Codd M, et al. Low energy high frequency pulsed electromagnetic therapy for acute whiplash injuries. A double blind randomized controlled study. Scand J Rehabil Med 1992;24(1):51-9. DOI
    3. 88442. Hong CZ, Lin JC, Bender LF, et al. Magnetic necklace: its therapeutic effectiveness on neck and shoulder pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1982;63(10):462-6.

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Botulinum Toxin Type A on your own; if you are taking Magnet Therapy for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

From our Q&A

Questions About Magnet Therapy or Botulinum Toxin Type A

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Magnet Therapy or Botulinum Toxin Type A, not necessarily both, but if one is close to what you were about to ask it will usually go further than a database entry can:

Not quite your question? Ask our pharmacists directly — it is free, there is no account required, and answers usually come back within 24 hours.

How much people look this up

Where Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A Sit Against Everything Else

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Supplement Magnet Therapy
Steady interest

#1,339 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Botulinum Toxin Type A
Top half

#1,022 of 2,830 medications looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Where does our data come from?
  • Source: the Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) clinical database — the evidence-graded professional reference for herb & supplement interactions.
  • Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Magnet Therapy reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A records this page draws on were last updated July 10, 2026.
  • What “no known interaction” means: no documented interaction in the sources above — not a guarantee of safety. Supplements are studied far less than prescription drugs, so we say exactly what the evidence supports, and nothing more.
Data structure & sourcing designed and verified by .
Treatment approach

About Magnet Therapy

What is Magnet Therapy?

  • Joint and arthritis pain
  • Back and neck pain
  • Muscle aches
  • Fibromyalgia and chronic pain
  • General wellness and circulation

Magnet therapy involves placing static magnets near the body in hopes of easing pain, but high-quality studies have not shown that it works better than fake (placebo) magnets. It is generally low-risk for most people, but it should never replace proven medical care.

Not applicable (uses static or electromagnetic magnets) · Magnetic bracelets, insoles, mattress pads, wraps, necklaces, and patches

An interaction check asks whether these two react with each other — it does not ask whether Magnet Therapy is a good idea for someone in your situation. Here is what our Magnet Therapy record says about it on its own.

Magnet Therapy: dosing

There is no established or standardized "dose" for magnet therapy. Products vary widely in magnet strength, size, and how they are worn.If you choose to try a magnetic product, follow the manufacturer's instructions for how to wear or place it.

From our Magnet Therapy monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Magnet Therapy monograph & all interactions
Medication

About OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection

What Is OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection Used For?

Brand name: Botox

Botox is approved to treat a wide range of conditions in adults and some children. These include overactive bladder (OAB) with urge incontinence, urinary incontinence caused by nerve-related bladder overactivity (in adults and in children aged 5 and older), prevention of headaches in adults with chronic migraine (15 or more headache days per month), muscle stiffness (spasticity) in patients aged 2 and older, cervical dystonia (abnormal head position and neck pain), severe underarm sweating (primary axillary hyperhidrosis) when topical treatments haven't worked, eyelid spasms (blepharospasm) in patients aged 12 and older, and crossed eyes (strabismus) in patients aged 12 and older.

BOTOX Cosmetic is a separate product containing the same active ingredient but with its own approved cosmetic uses. Both products are given by injection and are not interchangeable with other botulinum toxin products. Botox has not been shown to work for episodic migraine (14 or fewer headache days per month), and its safety for excessive sweating in body areas other than the underarms has not been established.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Botulinum Toxin Type A

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (12,344 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Headache 1,596 reports
Drug intolerance 1,333 reports
Nausea 1,266 reports
Migraine 1,176 reports
Dizziness 1,126 reports
See full OnabotulinumtoxinA Injection drug information
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We also checked Magnet Therapy against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

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Evidence & sources

Magnet Therapy References

The 88 references that drive our Magnet Therapy monograph and interaction data, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Citations with a link open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.

  1. Cepeda MS, Carr DB, Sarquis T, et al. Static magnet therapy does not decrease pain or opioid requirements: a randomized double blind trial. Anesth Analg 2007;104:290-4.
  2. Eccles NK. A randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study to investigate the effectiveness of stat magnet to relieve dysmenorrhea. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:681-7.
  3. Eccles NK. A critical review of randomized controlled trials of static magnets for pain relief. J Altern Complement Med 2005;11:495-509. PubMed
  4. Reeser JC, Smith DT, Fischer V, et al. Static magnetic fields neither prevent nor diminish symptoms and signs of delayed onset muscle soreness. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2005;86:565-70. PubMed
  5. Harlow T, Greaves C, White A, et al. Randomized controlled trial of magnetic bracelets for relieving pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. BMJ 2004;329:1450-4.
  6. Wolsko PM, Eisenberg DM, Simon LS, et al. Double-blind placebo-controlled trial of static magnets for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: results of a pilot study. Altern Ther Health Med 2004;10:36-43.
  7. Weintraub MI, Wolfe GI, Barohn RA, et al. Static magnetic field therapy for symptomatic diabetic neuropathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:736-46. PubMed
  8. Winemiller MH, Billow RG, Laskowski ER, Harmsen WS. Effect of magnetic vs. sham-magnetic insoles on nonspecific foot pain in the workplace: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. May Clin Proc 2005;80:1138-45. PubMed
  9. Winemiller MH, Billow RG, Laskowski ER, Harmsen WS. Effect of magnetic vs. sham-magnetic insoles on plantar heel pain: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2003;290:1474-8. PubMed
  10. Chaloupka EC, Kang J, Mastrangelo MA. The effect of flexible magnets on hand muscle strength: a randomized, double-blind study. J Strength Cond Res 2002;16:33-7. DOI
  11. Jacobson JI, Gorman R, Yamanashi WS, et al. Low-amplitude, extremely low frequency magnetic fields for the treatment of osteoarthritis knees: a double-blind clinical study. Alt Ther Health Med 2001;7:54-64, 66-9.
  12. Man D, Man B, Plosker H. The influence of permanent magnetic field therapy on wound healing in suction lipectomy patients: a double-blind study. Plast Reconstr Surg 1999;104:2261-6, 2267-8. DOI
  13. Collacott EA, Zimmerman JT, White DW, Rindone JP. Bipolar magnets for the treatment of chronic low back pain: a pilot study. JAMA 2000;283:1322-5.
  14. Top 200 Generic Drugs by Units in 2006. Drug Topics, March 5, 2007. Available at: http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/data/ articlestandard/drugtopics/092007/407652/article.pdf.
  15. Weintraub M. Magnetic biostimulation in painful peripheral neuropathy: a novel intervention--a randomized, double-placebo crossover study. Am J Pain Manage 1999;9:8-17.

Medication overviews come from MedlinePlus (NIH); supplement label data from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. Content is written and reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Having Magnet Therapy While Taking Botulinum Toxin Type A: Common Questions

Is it safe to have Magnet Therapy while taking Botulinum Toxin Type A?
We do not list a known interaction between Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A. That does not guarantee the combination is risk-free, so confirm with your pharmacist or doctor — especially if you take other medications or have a health condition.
Are Magnet Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Type A used for the same thing?
They overlap in purpose, which usually means the real question is whether you need both rather than whether they are safe together. This page lists the shared uses and how strong the evidence is for Magnet Therapy in each. That is a conversation for your prescriber, especially if Botulinum Toxin Type A is being adjusted to a target.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

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