It was reported that the patient had been losing weight.Caregiver stated that the patient would only want to eat once a day and had lost 30 pounds.Per neurologist, the patient gained 30 pounds in the past 3 years until the most recent vns surgery.After the surgery, the patient lost 30 pounds.Patient does not have any history of eating disorders.The neurologist stopped a medication as it might have contributed to the weight loss but the patient's weight did not increase despite this change.Neurologist also added a new medication to help stop the weight loss but this was not effective.Due to the very close temporal relationship between implant surgery and onset of weight loss, the neurologist believes that there is a causal effect with vns therapy.Vns settings have been significantly reduced to see if that helps increase appetite.A review of device history records for the generator shows that no unresolved non-conformances were found.
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