Association of reductions in rescue medication requirements with vagus nerve stimulation: Results of long-term community collected data from a seizure diary app
This retrospective analysis suggests that usage of rescue medications is reduced following the start of VNS treatment in patients with epilepsy, and that the magnitude of reduction may progressively increase over time.
Authors
- Vishad Sukul
- Eris Spirollari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-9746)
- David Zuckerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6626-2543)
- Carrie R. Muh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3764-4163)
- Kevin Clare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-6080)
- Bridget Nolan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-2019)
- Jessica R. Dorilio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3432-8185)
- Sharon Chiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4548-4550)
- Ariel Sacknovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6236-1190)
- Alexandria Naftchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6971-806X)
- Patricia E. McGoldrick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-0635)
- Steven M. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7602-3474)
- Robert Moss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9407-5681)
- Cameron Beaudreault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-8614)
- Richard Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-8249)
- Paige Brabant
Institutions
- Westchester Medical Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- New York Medical College (US)
- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsy & Behavior
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.110008
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.99
Funders
- LivaNova