Beyond Pills: Your Guide to Drug-Free Neuromodulation for Migraine
Key Questions
- How is neuromodulation used to treat the symptoms of migraine disease?
- Can neuromodulation prevent as well as treat migraine attacks?
- Do health insurance providers in the U.S. generally cover the costs of these devices?
- Are neuromodulation devices challenging for patients to use?
- Which devices are cleared for children or adolescents?
- Are these devices safe for use while a person is pregnant or breastfeeding?
- Who should avoid these devices for safety reasons?
- When should a clinician consider recommending neuromodulation as a treatment?
- What kind of results can patients expect?
- If one neuromodulation device isn’t effective, should a patient try a different one?
Stewart Tepper, MD, FAHS
Vice President
The New England Institute for Neurology and Headache
Stewart Tepper, MD, FAHS, is vice president of the New England Institute for Neurology and Headache (NEINH) in Stamford, Connecticut, and professor of neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Dr. Tepper has published more than 520 peer-reviewed articles, online features, chapters, and books on headache medicine. He serves on the executive board of directors for the American Headache Society and on the governance committee of the American Migraine Foundation.
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