Tag Archives: vagal nerve stimulation

Making drugs obsolete: the electroceutical revolution – FM & ME/CFS perspective

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 2 Jan 2017: Making Drugs Obsolete: The Electroceutical Revolution – A Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS Perspective This is the first of three blogs looking at major NIH projects which, while not being aimed at … Continue reading

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Uses of vagal nerve stimulation for chronic pain

Review abstract: Recent human and animal studies provide growing evidence that vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) can deliver strong analgesic effects in addition to providing therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of refractory epilepsy and depression. Analgesia is potentially mediated by vagal … Continue reading

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