Medical Treatment
Generally, Ménière's Disease is
managed to acceptable levels in approximately 70% of patients through
medical therapy. Symptom management through medical therapy is based
upon decreasing the amount of endolymphatic fluid (the fluid in the
hearing and balance canals of the inner ear).8,
9This form of treatment includes a low-sodium diet,
diuretic therapy, stress management, and avoidance of caffeine,
tobacco and alcohol.
Medical treatment also may include other drugs, such as steroids, anti-depressants, antihistamines, anti-vertigo and vasoactive drugs. Sedatives may be prescribed when the vertigo is severe; however, these do not improve the underlying condition.
Using any drug is not risk free, as it can cause side effects or
impact other medications that you may be using for unrelated reasons.
8. Dederding D. 1929. Clinical and
experimental examinations in patients suffering from Ménière:
Including a study of the problem of bone conduction. Acta
Otolarynogol [Suppl] (Stockh) 10(1): 1-156.
9. Furstenberg A C., Lashmet F.H.,
Lathrop F.D. 1934. Ménière's symptom complex: medical treatment. Ann
Otol Rhinol Laryngol 43:1035-1047.
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