Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Is the Evidence Convincing? Carlat Reports

Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Is the Evidence Convincing?

The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 4, Number 1, January 2006
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv4n1/

From The Carlat Psychiatry Report, January 2006, Antidepressant Roundup 2006

Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information

Topics: Antidepressants | Brain Devices

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is certainly new—but is it effective? It took the FDA a long time to make up its mind, but eventually it approved the treatment in May 2005. (For more details on why the FDA flip-flopped on the issue, see “FDA Approval of VNS,” this issue.) In this article, we scrutinize the two pivotal studies leading to approval.

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Daniel Carlat, MD

Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, The Carlat Report.

Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no relevant relationships or financial interests in any commercial company pertaining to this educational activity.