I emailed a professor (in my country Israel) about rTMS after i read a little about it, and he told me if i want i should talk with some one he knows about the possibility of taking a part in it, in Italy or Chile, maybe there are other places. but I realy just mailed one proffesor and read a little. What I can say about rTMS - Transcranial magnetic stimulation is that it studied for quite some time for all sort of neurological disorders, but what I am interested on obviously is rTMS for pain as you all
I guess it has to have some basic rules, similarity to motor cortex stimulation and such, but I sure do preffer my stimulation from the outside if it was a possibility
some links : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation
http://www.mindcarecentres.com/whatisrtms/procedure.aspx
I would have to know how many people with TN have been helped - studies - outcomes thus far
what i have been told about is chronic pain.....what of course interest me
it been studied/ still in study, for depression, Parkinson, Alzhimer, you name it, but i dont realy know if it been utilized for TN
I read a little and thought to my self, it was realy nice if it could replace the stimulators we use today, that for sure are far away from being perfect
By the way KC Dancer KC apparently the TMS or rTMS was supposed to be investigated for TN and TNP, but was withdrawn before enrollment.... thats a shame, why not to start if they came to that
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00349050?term=clinical+trial+for+the+use+of+transcranial+magnetic+stimulation+for+TN&rank=1