Posted by SLS on April 23, 2006, at 8:10:05
In reply to New Idea Scott, posted by Phillipa on April 22, 2006, at 21:07:20
> Scott I know I'm changing the subject a bit but I have been thinking not being the med expert. Yesterday I was talking to a man at Home Depot his nephew in his 40's has intractable depression he said he would get in a car and drive call home and have no iedea where he was. Well he received a rTMS implant and now his depression is basically cured he functions at 80-90%. Have you considered this love Jan
Hi Jan.
It sounds like you might be talking about VNS. I've been following its development, and have not been very enthused by its low success rate. The response rate is about 30% after 8 weeks. However, one must take into consideration that the study population is probably almost entirely treatment resistant. One thing that is important is that the literature indicates that some treatment failures at 8 weeks go on to improve at 6 months to a year.
I don't know what to think. The story you told is very interesting. I guess I'm not ready to have wires routed through my chest and neck with only a 30% probability of success.
As far as rTMS is concerned, if it is approved by the FDA, I will probably try it. They are getting closer to determining the optimal parameters of its application.
Thanks for your input. I guess I can't rule out VNS entirely.
- Scott
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