BASKING RIDGE, N.J: A paper in the Journal of Headache and Pain reports that non-invasive stimulation of the vagus nerve (nVNS) is a cost effective therapy for cluster headache. These findings were based on reductions in medication use and improvements in quality of life.
electroCore welcomes the recent NIHR technology alert on gammaCore, which profiles the CE-marked device’s role in helping patients in the UK manage long-term neurological conditions such as migraine and medically unexplained symptoms. The alert, which is designed to notify clinicians and those
BASKING RIDGE, N.J: The UK’s National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance that electroCore’s non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation treatment (gammaCore) for the prevention and acute treatment of migraine and cluster headache is safe and can now be used in the NHS.
A study published in the Journal of Headache and Pain, carried out by Dr. Thomas Kinfe of the University of Bonn, found that twice daily stimulation of the vagus nerve with the hand-held gammaCore nVNS device reduced the number of headache days per month from 14.7 to 8.9 (p
Basking Ridge, New Jersey: ElectroCore’s non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation device, gammaCore, will be launched across Germany by Desitin for the treatment of migraine and cluster headache. The agreement with Desitin who are specialists in the CNS area took effect on January 1st, 2016. Desitin,