FDA Approves Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Treatment for Depression

On July 15th, 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approved vagus nerve stimulation "for the adjunctive long-term treatment of chronic or recurrent depression for patients 18 years of age or older..". This approval concludes the formal seven year study of vagus nerve stimulation and depression.

It is impossible to express the magnitude and importance of this decision that is so important to millions of patients and their loved ones. Vagus nerve stimulation has been FDA approved for pharmaco-resistant epilepsy patients since 1997. Patients suffering from the debilitating illness of chronic depression now have access to the same safe and informatively labeled treatment option.

Many of the subscribers to the VagusNerveStimulator.com Bulletin relentlessly made their voices heard and no doubt contributed to this medical breakthrough decision. I thank you on behalf of the many people who have been waiting for this final and binding decision from the FDA. The manufacturer of the stimulator, Cyberonics, Inc., never gave up its effort to make this remarkable therapy available to those desperate patients who had run out of treatment options.

I will do my best to continue to keep you informed from a patient's perspective who was implanted with the VNS Therapy System in the double-blind, placebo-controlled investigational trial. You will need to continue to strictly follow the medical directives from your psychiatrist. A prescription for VNS Therapy will be required.

I hope that approval of this remarkable procedure gives depression sufferers the hope to continue to seek treatment for their illness. I have walked a mile in their shoes. Any bit of hope can be powerful.

You can learn more about vagus nerve stimulation at www.VagusNerveStimulator.com. There is a free newsletter to keep you up-to-date.

Charles Donovan was a patient in the FDA investigational trial of vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression. He was implanted with the vagus nerve stimulator in April of 2001. He chronicles his journey from the grips of depression thanks to vagus nerve stimulation therapy in his book:

Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

He is the founder of the http://www.VagusNerveStimulator.com Web Site

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St John#39;s wort #39;eases depression#39; - Telegraph.co.uk

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4720499a7144.htmlcid=1255270934ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNEHKoGm230kJa_x79_p28KkWLe5bQimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Pwqfes3kGmYJimgurl=www.stuff.co.nz/images/763003.jpg width=67 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Stuff.co.nz/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3152619/St-Johns-wort-eases-depression.htmlcid=1255270934ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNExuVy3mvYnI7008d6uPUQUcbfh-gSt John#39;s wort #39;eases bdepression/b#39;/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTelegraph.co.uk,nbsp;United Kingdomnbsp;-/font nobr10 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Extracts of St John#39;s wort have been used for centuries to treat bdepression/b and sleep conditions. Researchers from the Cochrane Library looked at 29 trials b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-1fd=Rurl=http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE496A2M20081007cid=1255270934ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNH0TYPW1gY97BKmD5D16bCk2XiKOASt. John#39;s Wort effective for bdepression/b: study/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrReuters/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-2fd=Rurl=http://www.hbns.org/getDocument.cfm%3FdocumentID%3D1785cid=1255270934ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNGxvl5b2cFCdG6xYb_bGRYhlortrgSt. John’s Wort Helps Some Patients With Major bDepression/b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrHealth Behavior News Service/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-3fd=Rurl=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/w-sjw100208.phpcid=1255270934ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNGewxEqLjjFUpWbiC_TKlycP5ZmpgSt. John#39;s wort relieves symptoms of major bdepression/b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrEurekAlert (press release)/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255270934hl=ennobrall 14 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Franklin County senior citizens compare financial crisis to the ... - Chambersburg Public Opinion

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_10664127cid=1255385586ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNFXcYfNfim1gme_8wXfLYUhfm19OwFranklin County senior citizens compare financial crisis to the b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fChambersburg Public Opinion,nbsp;PAnbsp;-/font nobr1 hour ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1By ROB LUFF Staff writer Back in the day: Florence Furry, 101, talks about the current state of the economy and how it compares to the Great bDepression/b of b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/7-1fd=Rurl=http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/10/07/long-depression-was-fdrs-fault/cid=1255385586ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNHTu7zQAgL8WTjW3KjgNo1o4FTcoALong bDepression/b was FDR’s Fault/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrStop the ACLU/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255385586hl=ennobrall 2 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Harper#39;s economic plan as bad as Depression-era PM#39;s: Layton - Ottawa Citizen

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html%3Fid%3D862247cid=1255414349ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNHmql7LgPhEVknA6vkQw2QblHRDQQimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=6ifsSKyRkiYJimgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.nationalpost.com/news/862249.bin%3Fsize%3D404x272 width=80 height=54 alt= border=1brfont size=-2National Post/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html%3Fid%3Db2e1029f-f604-4464-86da-c0fb93f5df47cid=1255414349ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNHkrE42Aoo45dlrk6qQfiAaRsAvOAHarper#39;s economic plan as bad as bDepression/b-era PM#39;s: Layton/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fOttawa Citizen,nbsp; Canadanbsp;-/font nobr23 minutes ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1VANCOUVER - NDP leader Jack Layton said he raised the spectre of bDepression/b-era prime minister RB Bennett yesterday only to suggest similarities between his b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-1fd=Rurl=http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/513427cid=1255414349ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNH6kSxF-kQiiAW5nlOEn6Bu99KXNgLayton warns Canadians of bdepression/b/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrToronto Star/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-2fd=Rurl=http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/Canada/article/123010cid=1255414349ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNFAsrrcMgsT0sTA-f5hGLfHxc3nRwHarper in denial: NDP/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrMetro Canada - Calgary/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-3fd=Rurl=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081006/election2008_harper_markets_081005/20081007%3Fs_name%3Delection2008cid=1255414349ei=CWnsSMCVIJnK8ASmyqH6CAusg=AFQjCNGUllU7lbzoVDB__Iu5RdwxbxVuzwDion blasts Harper for giving financial advice/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCTV.ca/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1255414349hl=ennobrall 304 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

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