Can Devices Replace Drugs for Migraine Treatment?
Migraine headache sufferers, particularly those who suffer from multiple debilitating episodes per month, can now ask their physicians about versatile non-pharmaceutical, non-invasive treatment devices that can both prevent migraines and lessen the severity of acute attacks.
FDA has granted within the past few months expanded use clearance for two devices that work on the principle of neuromodulation. Interestingly enough, one of the devices, manufactured by Belgium-based Cefaly, had been cleared in 2014 for migraine prevention and was granted expanded approval for acute migraine treatment in November; the other, the SpringTMS device, manufactured by Baltimore-based eNeura, had been approved for acute treatment, also in 2014, and was granted expanded approval for preventive use in September.
Both devices are presently available via prescription only.
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The chief executives of both companies believe the time is right to make inroads into a market dominated by pharmaceuticals.
"Drugs work great for some patients, especially for those who don't have very frequent headaches," said David Rosen, CEO of eNeura. "But when you start to move over to the patients who need both an acute treatment and a preventative, the drug treatments begin to fall down for a couple reasons; one, because taking a lot of medications isn't go...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Greg Goth Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
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