Las Virgenes Medical Clinic PRESENTs
THE NeuroStar TMS Therapy® System - A Breakthrough Technology For The Treatment of Depression to enhance mental health
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No. NeuroStar TMS Therapy uses the same technology as MRI machines, which have been used in tens of millions of patients around the world and have not been shown to cause tumors. The amount of magnetic field exposure for a full course of NeuroStar TMS Therapy is a small fraction of just one scan with an MRI.
No. There are four main differences between the magnet used in NeuroStar TMS Therapy and the regular magnets used in alternative therapies.
First, regular magnets are typically weak in field strength, while the magnet used in NeuroStar TMS Therapy is much stronger and the same as those used in MRI machines.
Second, alternative therapy magnets create magnetic fields which do not move. The magnet used in NeuroStar TMS Therapy is pulsed, which causes the magnetic fields to move rapidly. This rapid magnetic field movement is what stimulates brain cells.
Third, no scientific evidence exists to support the therapeutic benefit of regular magnets in the treatment of depression, while rigorous clinical trials have proven the effectiveness of NeuroStar TMS Therapy.
Finally, NeuroStar TMS Therapy is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), while regular magnets are not.
No. NeuroStar TMS Therapy is an outpatient procedure which, unlike electroconvulsive therapy, does not require anesthesia, sedation or the production of a convulsion. Also different from ECT, NeuroStar TMS Therapy does not result in adverse effects on memory or concentration.

