treatment: vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

This treatment utilizes an implanted device to stimulate the vagus nerve by way of an attached electrode.

• VNS Therapy™ Pulse Generator (Cyberonics) FDA approved: 
  7.15.2005 device for adjunctive long term treatment of chronic or recurrent  depression for patients 18 years of age or older who are experiencing a Major Depressive Episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate antidepressant treatments
  U.S. Physician's Manual

• Donovan, Charles Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression Hardcover 2005

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