Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) as mini-prophylaxis for menstrual/menstrually related migraine: an open-label study
Grazzi L, Egeo G, Calhoun AH, McClure CK, Liebler E, Barbanti P
The Journal of Headache and Pain · 2016
Key finding
In a trial of non-invasive VNS as mini-prophylaxis for menstrual migraine, monthly migraine days fell from 7.2 to 4.7, with 39% of subjects achieving a ≥50% reduction.
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- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 51
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Grazzi, L., Egeo, G., Calhoun, A. H., McClure, C. K., Liebler, E., & Barbanti, P. (2016). Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) as mini-prophylaxis for menstrual/menstrually related migraine: an open-label study. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-016-0684-z
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