Date: October 22, 2008
Author: Robert E. Longo, LPC, NC

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Indications: Pain, Anxiety, Insomnia, Depression

We have been using the Alpha-Stim® 100 (the CES component) at our hospital for over 18 months, with both residential and acute care patients, ages of 12 and older.  We primarily use CES to treat anxiety, depression and

insomnia; however, we have used CES to treat pain, headaches, migraine headaches, and aggressive behaviors.  We survey patients pre and post treatment, and have had excellent results and compliments from all patient groups. The  majority of patients report feeling a decrease in pain (when pain is a problem), and a reduction in headache pain (when headaches have been present.  Most impressive, we have found that the clear majority of patients report feeling calm and relaxed, even after just one treatment. Those with sleep problems generally report sleeping better with Alpha-Stim®. When used daily, we have seen a reduction in aggressive behavior in patients who have an aggression problem. When using the Alpha-Stim® in conjunction with diaphragmatic breathing and thermofeedback, we have had good success helping patients calm down migraine headaches.

The Alpha-Stim® is an excellent treatment tool.  Our standard protocol is to combine it with peripheral biofeedback for patients who are learning self-regulation and relaxation skills.  Patient use the Alpha-Stim® simultaneously while practicing diaphragmatic breathing and peripheral biofeedback and/or HeartMath.  Our patients look forward to coming into our Stress Reduction Clinic and Biofeedback Lab.

Date: September 15, 2008
Author: Harry Nakata, DDS

Location: San Pedro, CA
Indications: Pain, Anxiety

As you already know, I've been using your Alpha-Stim® since 1982. I orignally purchased it to help my wife and myself for headaches. Needless to say, it became the best investment of my dental practice.

My wife was diagnosed with TMJ problems and the machine gave her so much relief. My patients who had difficulty opening their mouths, were treated with this machine and found that it relaxed the muscles. The ear clips were used to relax patients who had anxiety problems.

My daughter, who had four impacted wisdom teeth removed at once, preferred the machine to pain pills. It cut down the swelling and bruising immediately. Patients with cold sores found the lesions reduced in size the next day and were able to tolerate mild discomfort.

Now that I'm retired, it has become my household miracle machine. It is used for sprains, bruises, headaches, etc. I have not taken Tylenol in years!

Thank you for inventing this machine!

Date: June 15, 2006
Organization: Richard A. Loescher, MD
Location: Eugene, OR
Author: Richard A. Loescher, MD
Indications: Pain, Anxiety, Insomnia, Nausea and Vomiting

Use of Alpha-Stim® for Nausea and Vomiting, Case Report of a Woman With Crohn’s Disease

The patient is a 40-year-old woman with a long history of Crohn’s disease of the small and large intestine for more than 20 years. She has had multiple abdominal operations with removal of much of the small and large intestine, with an ileorectal anastomosis. She has severe chronic abdominal pain, requiring daily use of narcotics (methadone and oxycodone). She has chronic diarrhea, frequent episodes of nausea and vomiting, and severe anxiety and insomnia. Her nausea and vomiting often requires treatment with very expensive antinausea medicine (Marinol orally and Zofran by injection). The nausea and vomiting have been helped in the past with the use of a TENS unit, ReliefBand, stimulating the acupuncture point pericardial meridian 6 on the distal forearm on the palmar surface over the median nerve. She also had temporary decrease in her nausea and abdominal pain with acupuncture treatments. Three months ago she began using the Alpha-Stim® 100 with CES one hour daily for two months, and then one hour every three days after that. She has experienced a very dramatic decrease in her anxiety, much improvement in her sleep pattern, and dramatic decrease in the nausea and vomiting. She feels that the Alpha-Stim® treatment works better for the nausea and vomiting, and the benefit lasts much longer, than what she experienced with use of the ReliefBand. Alpha-Stim® CES gave improvement in the nausea within a few minutes, with the benefit lasting for many hours or all day. She also used the probes, one on the pericardial meridian point 6 and one on the opposite side of the forearm, with very good effect on the nausea within a few seconds, with much longer benefit (hours or all day) than occurred with use of the ReliefBand. In fact, in the past month she did not use any antinausea medicine, which is a longer time than she has ever gone before without needing that type of medicine. Her abdominal pain and diarrhea have not changed significantly. She did not tolerate the AS-Trodes V pads on the skin of the abdomen because of contact dermatitis. Use of the probes on the abdomen and back did not seem to help her abdominal pain. In the past, she had bilateral carpal tunnel release for carpal tunnel syndrome. She subsequently had recurrence of some carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms. Since using the Alpha-Stim® probes on the pericardial meridian point 6, the carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms have decreased markedly.