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Use of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) for Treating ECT‐Induced Headaches
Author(s) -
Ghoname Elsayed A.,
Craig William F.,
White Paul F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3907502.x
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , percutaneous , medicine , headaches , anesthesia , stimulation , transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation , opioid , surgery , electroconvulsive shock , pathology , alternative medicine , receptor
Five patients who experienced migrainelike attacks associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were treated using a novel nonpharmacologic therapy known as percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS). In this sham‐controlled preliminary evaluation, PENS therapy proved to be a useful alternative to opioid analgesics for the acute treatment and/or prevention of ECT‐induced headache.