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3064540

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
A review of the treatment of vestibular disorders with drugs is presented. In animal experiments, administration of certain drugs, e.g. alcohol, barbiturates and chlorpromazine, retards the vestibular compensation, while others, e.g. caffeine, amphetamine and ACTH, accelerate the compensation. In compensated animals, some drugs produce overcompensation and some decompensation. A double-blind, randomized trial of the effect of scopolamine and dimenhydrinate in patients with vertigo of varying origin showed, as compared with placebo, that these drugs did not significantly alleviate the vestibular imbalance. The reason for the poor efficacy of the treatment may have been overcompensation of vestibular function loss and adverse effects caused by the drugs. Care should be taken that the drugs used do not retard the vestibular compensation caused by the central nervous system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0365-5237
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
455
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacological treatment of vertigo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review