TMS therapy effectiveness

  TMS manifests its most effective effects in the treatment of drug-resistant depression and neuropathic pain. For depressive disorders, it is estimated that TMS effectively helps up to 58% of patients, and in nearly 40% the change is long-lasting. In contrast, treatment of neuropathic pain is as effective as 80%.     
 
Depression and pain therapy with TMS have received an efficacy rating of A - certainly effective.    
Literature:
Lefaucheur JP et al.,Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stumulation (rTMS): An update (2014-2018).  Clin Neurophysiol 2020, 131(2):474-528.  
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