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What is RNS Implant Neurostimulator?

The RNS™ System, designed for the treatment of medically refractory partial epilepsy, is a programmable, battery powered, microprocessor-controlled device that delivers a short train of electrical pulses to the brain through implanted leads.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Seizures (complex partial) 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Epilepsy 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with RNS Implant Neurostimulator

Anxious mood 1
Loss of sense of smell (anosmia) 1
Moderate discomfort in any therapeutic environment when making a change or when exposed to discomforting information about the way I am or have been 1
Vision changes 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of RNS Implant Neurostimulator

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of RNS Implant Neurostimulator

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of RNS Implant Neurostimulator

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.