TMS Center of Colorado

NeuroStar Magnetic Therapy helps a man after years of medication, shock therapy.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS or rTMS) can help many patients who have suffered for years with major depression. Many patients cannot tolerate the side effects of medication or ECT. TMS has been proven in studies to be a safe and effective treatment for patients suffering from depression.

NeuroStar TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) Therapy is FDA-cleared for patients suffering from depression who have not achieved satisfactory improvement from undergoing prior prescribed rounds of antidepressant medications

TMS treatment has been FDA-cleared since 2008. The TMS Center of Colorado, LLC was the first NeuroStar provider of this therapy in Colorado. TMS Center of Colorado began accepting patients in late 2009.

Tags: depression treatment, FDA Cleared, neurostar, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

TMS Center of Colorado Makes KCNC News in Denver

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects up to 50 million people in the USA. The affects of the disease on the person with MDD, their family and co-workers/employers can be devastating. Time away from family and activities, lost work days and productivity, and side affects of conventional treatment are some of the costs associated with MDD. There is a relatively new treatment for MDD which was described in a television news segment which aired on March 22, 2011 on KCNC, Channel 4 in Denver.

This treatment is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation TMS or rTMS). NeuroStar TMS therapy is a FDA cleared treatment for major depressive disorder. TMS has also been used clinically in off label treatment and in clinical research to treat a wide variety of other neuorlogical and neuro-psychiatric conditions, including: chronic pain, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), phantom limb pain, depression associated with Parkinson’s Disease, post partum depression, tinnitus, auditory halucinations, and other conditions.

The NeuroStar TMS therapy system has been available in Colorado since November 2009 through the TMS Center of Colorado, LLC, located in Denver. This center was the first in Colorado (and the Rocky Mountain Region) to treat patients using this state of the art technology. There is hope for those suffering from MDD and other conditions.

Watch KCNC Coverage

Tags: auditory hallucinations, chronic pain, depression, depression treatment, FDA, major depressive disorder, neurostar, Parkinson's, post traumatic stress disorder, postpartum depression, PTSD, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Friday, March 25th, 2011 and is filed under News and Events, TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

MD News – UAB’s New Magnetic Therapy for Depression Succeeds Where Drugs Fail

When medication fails a new, FDA cleared device may help: repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is non-invasive, and non-systemic method of treating major depressive disorder. MD News – UAB’s New Magnetic Therapy for Depression Succeeds Where Drugs Fail.

Tags: depression treatment, FDA Cleared, major depressive disorder, neurostar, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Friday, January 14th, 2011 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Magnetic Therapy May Prevent Depression Relapse

A recent study suggests that Transcranial Magmentic Stimulation may provide long lasting benefits to people who have not responded well to antidepressants.

Researchers from several international medical centers (including Rush University Medical Center, Stanford University Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic) selected 301 people with major depression that had proven resistant to antidepressant therapy. While 155 of the participants received a six-week treatment of TMS, 146 received a sham procedure.

A total of 142 people from either group whose depression abated after the six-week period went on to the second phase of the study, a three-week transition during which they were tapered off TMS treatment while starting on an antidepressant for maintenance therapy. During the six months that followed this phase, participants could receive additional TMS treatment if they showed signs of relapse.

Only 10% of the people who had originally responded well to TMS experienced a relapse in the six-month follow-up. What’s more, 84% of the people who received additional TMS treatment achieved symptom improvement and mood stability during the follow-up period demonstrating that TMS is a “meaningful rescue intervention.” The most common side effects of TMS reported in the study included insomnia, headache, anxietyand other effects.

TMS provides a relatively safe effective treatment for depression.

Tags: depression, depression treatment, migraines, neurostar, PTSD, rTMS, TMS, Transcranial, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Independent study shows rTMS helpful in treating depression

Independent research indicates the value of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating depression with few side effects. This was reported in the Digital Journal on May 5, 2010 by Joan Firstenberg.

A study funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, without any industry support, shows that magnet therapy can relieve depression and does so with few side effects.

Dr. Matthew Rudorfer, associate director for treatment research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) says this means that depression patients now have a new treatment option.

What is TMS Therapy?

TMS Therapy involves the use of very short pulses of magnetic energy to stimulate nerve cells in the brain. First used in 1985, TMS Therapy has been used by researchers around the world to help understand the function of different parts of the brain. Neuronetics’ pivotal trial was not the first to investigate the potential antidepressant effects of TMS Therapy, but it was the first one to lead to FDA approval of a TMS device for treatment of outpatients with depression. Results from other trials have encouraged researchers to further investigate TMS Therapy as a treatment for major depression and many studies are still ongoing around the world.

How TMS Therapy Works

The short pulses of magnetic energy produced by NeuroStar® TMS Therapy System are aimed by the treating clinician at the structures in the brain thought to control mood. The left prefrontal cortex is used to access these structures non-invasively from outside the brain with TMS Therapy. The unique nature of magnetic fields allows them to pass through the skull and into the cortex without being distorted in any way. This facilitates a very focal type of stimulation, minimizing stimulation of brain tissue not involved in mood. Once inside the brain, the dynamic (rapidly changing) nature of the magnetic pulses induces electrical charges to flow. The amount of electricity created in the brain is very small, and cannot be felt by the patient. When in the correct orientation relative to brain cells (neurons), these very small electric charges can cause the neurons to fire or become active. (Figure 3) The objective of TMS Therapy is to stimulate (or activate) brain cells. Patients remain awake and alert during a TMS Therapy procedure.

Tags: depression, depression treatment, neurostar, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, rTMS, TMS

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

rTMS Feature Segment that aired on the local CBS News NY affiliate

The news segment features Alan Manevitz, M.D. a clinical psychiatrist in New York City, where he maintains a private practice.

The segment shows patients who have received rTMS therapy with the NeuroStar Therapy System for treatment of depression and associated disorders such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, OCD and other conditions. The take away; rTMS therapy provided relief for their depression and associated disorder. There is hope for those who have tried other, more conventional treatments. The NeuroStar Therapy System is FDA cleared to treat Major Depressive Disorder.

Tags: depression, depression treatment, neurostar, OCD, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, rTMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 20th, 2010 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy, Allows One Woman To Find Motivation

It is understandable that a diagnosis of cancer and the subsequent treatment including chemotherapy to extend life would result in depression. When the depression is present before the cancer diagnosis one can only imagine how deep and disruptive the depression could become. A woman, Mrs. Rhodes, in Wilmington, NC found herself in that position. Thanks to some progressive physicians and the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation life is a little brighter as reported in StarNews online.

……………. after undergoing transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy offered by local psychiatrist Paul Buongiorno, Rhodes is getting up early, getting dressed and enjoying hobbies and interests she had abandoned in her depressed state.

TMS is non-invasive and non-systemic treatment for major depression. The NeuroStar therapy system received FDA clearance in 2009. This is the only FDA cleared TMS treatment device available in the United States at the present time.

Tags: cancer, depression, depression treatment, FDA, neurostar, rTMS, TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 and is filed under TMS Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.