Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Migraine and Cluster Headache ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

This non-invasive, FDA-cleared treatment option decreases the likelihood of headaches

Recent clinical trials have been evaluating vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for the treatment of various headache conditions, including migraine and cluster headache. In November 2018, the FDA cleared the VNS device for treatment of cluster headache. Dr. Katherine Hamilton, a neurologist and assistant professor of clinical neurology at the University of Pennsylvania, weighed in on how VNS can help patients manage migraine and cluster headache.

What conditions does VNS treat?

In the spring of 2018, VNS was FDA-cleared as an acute or abortive treatment for migraine. The trial evidence showed that VNS decreased the pain level of a migraine at 30 minutes and 60 minutes after using the device. In January 2019, VNS was approved for the prevention of cluster headache. The device has been s...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Migraine and Cluster Headache ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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gammaCore™ is a simple-to-use, handheld medical device that enables patients to self-administer discrete doses of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) ... Read More

Treatment of chronic migraine with transcutaneous stimulation ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 A Straube 著作 · 2015 · 被引用 152 次 — Conclusion. Treatment of chronic migraine by t-VNS at 1 Hz was safe and effective. The mean reduction of headache days after 12 weeks of ... Read More

Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) for ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 D Magis 著作 · 2013 · 被引用 34 次 — Our initial experience suggests that tVNS might help some headache patients. That it was not effective in many patients may be due to the fact ... Read More

Chronic migraine headache prevention with noninvasive ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 SD Silberstein 著作 · 2016 · 被引用 159 次 — Neuromodulation using implanted vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) devices has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of epilepsy and depression and potential efficacy for migraine prophylaxis., Case reports ... Read More

Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation in the management of ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 D Holle-Lee 著作 · 2016 · 被引用 24 次 — For headache treatment with nVNS the gammaCore® device is used primarily, which displays a 1 ms pulse of kHz sine waves for stimulation of ... Read More

VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION INHIBITS CORTICAL ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 SP Chen 著作 · 2016 · 被引用 92 次 — Vagus nerve stimulation has recently been reported to improve symptoms of migraine. Cortical spreading depression is the electrophysiological event ... Read More

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There is not much good evidence about how well transcutaneous stimulation of the cervical branch of the vagus nerve for cluster headache and migraine works, ... Read More

Transcutaneous stimulation of the cervical branch of ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2016年3月23日 — branch of the vagus nerve for cluster headache and migraine raises no ... Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation uses low-voltage electrical ... Read More

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由 Y Zhang 著作 · 2021 · 被引用 3 次 — Our findings suggest that taVNS can relieve the symptoms of headache as well as modulate the thalamocortical circuits in migraine patients. Read More

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