shocked Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Head hurts? Zap the wonder nerve in your neck http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929303.200-head-hurts-zap-the-wonder-nerve-in-your-neck.html “bolt of electricity to the neck” - Isn’t that what Frankenstein’s Monster had? shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocked Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 A history of non-drug treatment in headache http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/133/8/2489.full.pdf Page 5 - Electricity -Early applications for headache Page 6 - Electricity in the 19th century: migraine and vasomotor theories shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That's purty dog tootin' interesting, shocked, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didgens Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 ahhh .. the vegus nurve .. pesky little bugger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didgens Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 another article http://www.electrocoremedical.com/data-on-electrocores-vagal-nerve-stimulation-therapy-gammacore-selected-for-an-oral-presentation-at-the-65th-american-academy-of-neurology-annual-meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didgens Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 anyone in Canada Try this ?? or anyone close to the border that can get one and try this ?? About gammaCore® gammaCore is a non-invasive, vagus nerve stimulator that produces a mild electrical signal which is transmitted to the vagus nerve through the skin. It’s indicated for the acute and/or prophylactic treatment of migraine, cluster headache, and medication overuse headache (MOH) in adults. gammaCore is currently available in the European Union, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, Colombia and Malaysia for the acute and/or prophylactic treatment of migraine, cluster headache, and MOH in adults. gammaCore is available in Canada for cluster headache only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bejeeber Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Dang if there isn't a country directly south of Canada that's excluded from that list. :-? Well there are plenty of Canadians and EU folk on here, so yeah, why don't y'all mosey to the corner drugstore*, snatch yourselves a gamacore or 2, give 'em a shot and report back. 8-) *OK OK this particular contraption may require some sort of pesky doctor appointment. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I had missed the thread related to the vagus nerve and that's interesting... http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cb/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1335193293 interesting also that in French, that nerve is called vague, which means unclear in English. Oh, I see vague also means that in English... confusing. But reading about the gammaCore® device, I'm not too reassured and frankly I'm not sure they know what their device does exactly, so I'm not sure I want to try it even if it's available here. I'll probably talk about it with my GP. It vaguely sounds like modern witchcraft to me. ;D But the the vagus nerve... I always felt my clusters were directly related to my gut, and... More reading ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHurtsMyHead Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didgens Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 good point ,, yes it has ties to the heart,, many of us menopausal women have heart palpitations brought on by vagus nerve issues involving changing neuro transmitters in the brain due to lost hormones. Anyone here have any issue with heart flutters also ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shocked Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 “bolt of electricity to the neck” - Isn’t that what Frankenstein’s Monster had? Or was it Herman Munster? Forum members at OUCHUK have been reporting on the GammaCore trial - http://www.ouchuk.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4152 ("dragging effect of the lower lip” sounds “dramatic”) Here is an overview of the current status of neuromodulation for cephalgias http://www.surgicalneurologyint.com/article.asp?issn=2152-7806;year=2013;volume=4;issue=4;spage=136;epage=150;aulast=Rasskazoff shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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