SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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Warnings
Heart Patient-Adequate prceautionarv
nrea\urcs
should be considered
prior
to
stimulating patients
suspected
of having
heart
disease.
Current clinical data cannot sufficicntll"
prove
thar no adverse
results
can
occur
in
such
patients.
Carotid sinus-Do not
stimulate ovcr the carotid sirrus nervcs. espccillll, in
paticnts
rvith
knotvrr
sinus reflex
sensitivity.
Neck Stimulation-Severe spasm
of the larvngeal
and
pharyngeal
ntuscles may
occur
whcn thc
electrode is
placed
across the neck or the nrouth. This nral
bc
strong enough
to
close tlffthc
airway.
Cardiac Pacemakers-
Stimulation will inhibit the
output o1'sorrre denrand cardiac pacenrakers
and.
therefore.
it
is not reconrnre'nded for patients
with this type of
pacemaker.
Pregnancv-The
satcty of electrical nerve
stimulrtion
fbr
use
during
pregnanc\
or delivery has
not
been
establi
shed.
Other-Electrical nerve stinrulatiorl.
as
presentlv
understrrod.
is
a syrnptonratic
tl'eatment.
and
as
such may suppress
the
progress
of pain which would othcrwise
servc:rs a
protective
inl'luencc
on the
outcome of
a disease
process.
The
potential
for
phvsical
and/or
psycholtrqical
dependence
upolr
nerve
stimulation as a means of relieving
pain
has
not
)'ct
been detennined.
It has
been
noted
that some patients
find
the
sensation of electrical stinrulation
extremel!'
unpleasant
and
should
plobabl_v
be
excluded from further
use uf the stirnulator.
Do
not
appl1,
electrical
nerve
stinlulation
current
transcerebrallv.
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