What are the indications for a vagus nerve stimulator?

VNS: Partial-onset epilepsy, treatment-resistant depression, and currently research is ongoing to determine use in migraines, anxiety disorders, alzheimer's, fibromyalgia & tinnitus.

Uncontrolled sz: Those with uncontrolled partial epilepsy should be evaluated for resective epilepsy. If not a candidate, those with uncontrolled seizures may consider vagus nerve stimulation (vns). Vns should be thought of as another anti seizure medication (aed). It rarely eliminates the need to take aeds. It is palliative, not curative.