"The pacemaker-like device, called a vagus nerve stimulator, is surgically implanted in the upper chest, and its wires are threaded into the neck, where it stimulates a nerve leading to the brain. It has been approved since 1997 for the treatment of some epilepsy patients, and the drug agency has told the manufacturer that it is now 'approvable' for severe depression that is resistant to other treatment.
"But in the only rigorously controlled trial so far in depressed patients, the stimulator was no more effective than surgery in which it was implanted but not turned on."
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Hey what’s up? I was just forced to create a blog to post a comment to your blog!
I had swore off bloging, nasty habit, an unnatural act preformed by disturbed hunched over men in dark internet cafes, scraggily beards, black thrift store overcoats, desperately trying to find a vein of reality in this Multi Layered Matrix of Despair.
Can they implant a ray of sunshine into this shadowy cobweb cluttered mind of mine?
I didn’t think so!
I had to eliminate anonymous comments because the spambots had discovered me and this way makes it harder for them. Nothing personal.
"Disturbed hunched over men in dark internet cafes"? "Scraggily beards"? "Black thrift store overcoats"? ;-0
So then, why the implant at all?
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