18 patient evaluations for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)

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Nov 12, 2008 (Started Jun 28, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Shock the vegul nerve)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (difficulty sleeping on left side)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: They give you a magnet to you you to where one yourrist or you can clip it to your belt.I clip it to my belt.Its probly better to where it on my rist but I dont because beaple ask me what time it is!!.If I where it on my belt when I need it I always end up thowong it!!!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: difficulty sleeping on left side
  • 1 helpful mark

May 21, 2010 (Started Jul 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: One time
Advice & Tips: Has a real pinch when you have to turn it on. I can feel it turn on sometimes and that feeling is a tight feeling in my neck. To get rid of that feeling I lift up my head and stretch it out. I've had 4 seizures with it and it has been adjusted. The electric pulse has been increased twice and the latest adjustment has been how often it turns on.
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 14, 2010 (Started Jan 28, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I never thought that this would change my life, as much as it has, but I would, and have recommended this to many others.
  • 1 helpful mark

Nov 21, 2007 (Started Aug 20, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take

Aug 10, 2006 (Started Aug 20, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 10, 2009 (Started Jul 17, 1997)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: this treatment stopped almost all my heavyl seizures!!!
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Mar 17, 2010 (Started May 10, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 11, 2010 (Started Jun 22, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic))
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 5, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Wonderful I recommend the VNS too all Epileptics...

Aug 20, 2000 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Wonderful saved my life!!!
  • 0 helpful marks
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