Diaphragm Pacing Implant Treatment Report
What is Diaphragm Pacing Implant?
The NeuRX RA/4 System is a system designed to help patient’s breathing by stimulation of their diaphragm muscles. The stimulator provides repetitive electrical stimulation to the implanted electrodes to cause the patient’s diaphragm to contract and help the patient to breathe.
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Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Slow my ALS progress | 11 |
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6 | ||
| Other | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Most commonly reported side effects
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difficulty speaking when machine is on
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2 | 29% |
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- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Diaphragm Pacing Implant. See all 13 dosages ►
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- Nanner
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- Nanner
- daily
- since Jan 13, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- buckaroo
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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- buckaroo
- 7 hr daily
- since Jan 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips It will help your diaphragm to last longer. I have had the pacemaker since June, 08 and all my breathing numbers are maintaining. See full evaluation
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- pdwyer1986
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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- pdwyer1986
- daily
- since Jan 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips As the caregiver for my husband Pat, the pacer hasn't been any big deal. I "unplug" and "plug him in as needed..(unplug for showering, plug in for all day u... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 24, 2009.