07/15/2019
Facts About TMS
• TMS was approved by the FDA in 2008.
• TMS has been shown to be effective in multiple medical studies.
• TMS is more effective than medications once three antidepressants have not worked.
• The effect is long lasting. Often people are still doing well years later. If depression does come back, more treatments restore the benefit 85% of the time.
• TMS is an outpatient office procedure.
• Patients remain awake and alert, and can resume normal activities immediately.
• Side effects may include mild headache and scalp discomfort.
• TMS is covered by all insurances.