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Nineteen women from nine states, including New Jersey, have been sickened after receiving Botox injections that were either counterfeit or given by unlicensed people, federal officials said. Nine of the 19 required hospitalization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said. The women reported symptoms such as blurry vision, double vision, drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, slurred speech, difficulty breathing, fatigue and generalized weakness. Four had to be treated with botulism antitoxin because of concerns that the botulinum toxin would spread in their bodies, the agency sa…

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