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Vagus nerve stimulation
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Found only one hit on this approach to CH treatment.
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Cephalalgia. 2005 Feb;25(2):82-6.
Vagus nerve stimulation relieves chronic refractory migraine and cluster headaches.
Mauskop A.
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Anticonvulsant and antidepressant medications have demonstrated efficacy in migraine treatment. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective treatment for drug-refractory epilepsy and possibly depression and it also has documented analgesic effects. These observations suggested a possible role for VNS in treating severe refractory headaches, and led to a trial of VNS in patients with such headaches. VNS was implanted in four men and two women with disabling chronic cluster and migraine headaches. In one man and one woman with chronic migraines VNS produced dramatic improvement with restoration of ability to work. Two patients with chronic cluster headaches had significant improvement of their headaches. VNS was well tolerated in five patients, while one developed nausea even at the lowest current strength. In conclusion, VNS may be an effective therapy for intractable chronic migraine and cluster headaches and deserves further trials.
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PMID: 15658944 [PubMed]
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Re: Vagus nerve stimulation
« Reply #1 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 4:17pm » |
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on Aug 24th, 2007, 1:08pm, Bob_Johnson wrote:Found only one hit on this approach to CH treatment.
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Cephalalgia. 2005 Feb;25(2):82-6.
Vagus nerve stimulation relieves chronic refractory migraine and cluster headaches.
Mauskop A.
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Anticonvulsant and antidepressant medications have demonstrated efficacy in migraine treatment. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective treatment for drug-refractory epilepsy and possibly depression and it also has documented analgesic effects. These observations suggested a possible role for VNS in treating severe refractory headaches, and led to a trial of VNS in patients with such headaches. VNS was implanted in four men and two women with disabling chronic cluster and migraine headaches. In one man and one woman with chronic migraines VNS produced dramatic improvement with restoration of ability to work. Two patients with chronic cluster headaches had significant improvement of their headaches. VNS was well tolerated in five patients, while one developed nausea even at the lowest current strength. In conclusion, VNS may be an effective therapy for intractable chronic migraine and cluster headaches and deserves further trials.
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Re: Vagus nerve stimulation
« Reply #2 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 6:46pm » |
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Another good find Bob, and one I haven't seen before. I wonder if it's as non-invasive as an ONSI or more along the lines of a DBS procedure ??
Keep up the good work !
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Re: Vagus nerve stimulation
« Reply #3 on: Aug 24th, 2007, 7:11pm » |
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Bob you just amaze me sometimes you finding possible new meds and all kinds of great CH news keep on posting Terry
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what the hamsalad was that ¿?¿
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Re: Vagus nerve stimulation
« Reply #4 on: Aug 25th, 2007, 11:11am » |
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UN solved: I think (?) that it's a device something like a pacemaker.
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