New tech for migraine pain
Technology is opening up a new route to
much-needed headache helpers. "Current drugs just don't do the trick for
many people," says John Delfino, MD, a headache specialist at NYU
Langone Medical Center. But the FDA recently approved two gadgets for
migraines:
Cefaly, a band that's worn across your forehead for 20 minutes daily,
and SpringTMS, a device you hold to the back of your head at the onset
of pain. Both work by stimulating certain nerves deep in the head, using
electrical signals (in the case of Cefaly) or magnetic energy (for the
SpringTMS). There's also new hope for debilitating cluster headaches in
the form of an electrode that's implanted behind the jaw and controlled
by a remote. In the initial trial, 68% reported relief when they turned
on the electrode during a headache, and of that group, over 80% had
fewer episodes.
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