Posted by BGB on May 22, 2008, at 12:22:24
In reply to Re: Can we really choose drugs based on mechanisms?, posted by bulldog2 on May 22, 2008, at 11:01:00
I saw that show, too....it's too bad that nobody has access to those MRI's. I've never heard of a single person having one, and when I asked one of my p-doc's, he said that it's outrageously expensive and only available to people in special research studies.
Also, the special spoke about the experimental procedure targeting "Area 25" of the brain. While the pacemaker-type device is similar, the stimulus is occurring at a totally different place than vagus nerve stimulation procedures that are now FDA approved. This experimental treatment seems like it would be more successful, although the show only claimed a success rate of about 50%, which is similar to VNS.
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