{"id":2998,"date":"2018-12-14T10:50:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/relieving-migraine-headache-pain-with-trigeminal-nerve-stimulation\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:29:23","slug":"relieving-migraine-headache-pain-with-trigeminal-nerve-stimulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/relieving-migraine-headache-pain-with-trigeminal-nerve-stimulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Relieving Migraine Headache Pain with Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Relieving Migraine Headache Pain with Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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If you suffer\u00a0from migraine headaches, you are not alone. In fact, the\u00a0National Institutes of Health<\/a>\u00a0reports that around 12 percent of the U.S. population gets them.<\/p>\n

Migraine headaches<\/a>\u00a0are recurring attacks of pain that people experience which range from moderate to severe, including pain throbs or pulses. Many things trigger migraine headaches, including anxiety, stress, exposure to light, and even a lack of sleep or food.<\/p>\n

Relieving Migraine Headache Pain<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s a new non-invasive device that may help people prevent migraines by using it just 20 minutes per day.\u00a0In the May 2017 issue of the journal\u00a0Neurological Sciences<\/i>, researchers share information about a preliminary trial on\u00a0\u00a0from the International Headache Society showed that 29% of patients were pain-free and 79% of patients achieved \u201csignificant pain relief\u201d after one hour, compared to 6% and 39% in the placebo group respectively.<\/p>\n

Acute Migraine Therapy<\/h2>\n

Cephaly offers those with migraines a tool that offers the benefits of preventing pain, is non-invasive and doesn\u2019t use drug therapy.\u00a0The Cefaly device<\/a>\u00a0is also safe, offering the best safety efficacy ratio compared to anti-migraine oral medication.\u00a0By delivering precise micro-pulses to the trigeminal nerve, it is able to reduce migraines. This form of treatment has been used in numerous clinical studies since 2008, showing that it\u2019s safe and effective.<\/p>\n

The device has been used successfully for those with episodic migraines, but there is no data as of yet for those with chronic migraines. Episodic migraines are experienced less than 14 days per month, while chronic migraines are characterized as occurring 15 days or more per month, for more than a three-month period.<\/p>\n

This is great news for those who have experienced migraines and would like to avoid medications. The device is small, easy to use, and preliminary studies show promising results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n