Use of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) for treating ECT-induced headaches

Authors
Ghoname, ESA Craig, WF White, PF
Citation
Esa. Ghoname et al., Use of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) for treating ECT-induced headaches, HEADACHE, 39(7), 1999, pp. 502-505
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
HEADACHE
ISSN journal
00178748 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
502 - 505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-8748(199907/08)39:7<502:UOPENS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Five patients who experienced migrainelike attacks associated with electroc onvulsive therapy (ECT) were treated using a novel nonpharmacologic therapy known as percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS). In this sham-co ntrolled preliminary evaluation, PENS therapy proved to be a useful alterna tive to opioid analgesics for the acute treatment and/or prevention of ECT- induced headache.