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In the next few weeks, the FDA is expected that its final approval of the Vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent depression. The approval of the Vagus nerve stimulation is the first FDA approved long-term option for the treatment of the four million desperate Americans (and their families ), which has not yet been an adequate response to traditional antidepressants.

Following approval of this treatment is considered one of the great breakthroughs in medical device history. The advantages of this therapy are:

* Vagus nerve stimulation is more effective than antidepressants
* VNS does not have the side effects of antidepressants
* Compliance is ensured. Once the device is activated, there is no further action required
* The effectiveness improves over time ( "" No Prozac poop-out ")
* Improving the quality of life benefits improve over time
* No interaction with other medicines
* No cognitive impairment (eg memory loss)

Stimulation on the left side of N. vagus has positively modulate the working of the brain responsible for mood and depression. The process is not brain surgery or electroconvulsive therapy. The stimulator is implanted, the patient in the upper left chest, just below the arm pit. A wire lead is then tunneled under the skin and rolls around the left N. vagus in the neck. For cosmectic reasons, the incision is at the lowest times of the patient's neck. The scar heals very quickly and is barely noticeable as it is difficult to differentiate between the flap and the scar is healed.

Learn more how this therapy can be real happiness and joy to your life on http://www.vagusnervestimulator.com/ There is a free newsletter keeps you up-to-date on the latest developments. Also available on the website is the book Out of the Black Hole: The Patient's Guide to Vagus nerve stimulation and depression. Do yourself a favor and fully educated about this remarkable device. It could change your life.

Charles Donovan was a patient in the study of the FDA investigational Vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent treatment resistant depression. He was implanted with the stimulator N. vagus in April 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

The book will be on the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 21 May 26th May in Atlanta, GA. This is the largest gathering of psychiatrists in the world (25,000 participants).