Thursday, March 8, 2007

Effective treatments for objective and subjective tinnitus

Effective treatments include:


Objective tinnitus:
Gamma knife radiosurgery (glomus jugulare)
Shielding of cochlea by teflon implant
Botulinum toxin (palatal tremor)
Propranolol and clonazepam (arterial anatomic variation)
Subjective tinnitus:
Drugs and nutrients
Avoidance of caffeine, nicotine, salt
Avoidance of or consumption of alcohol

Zinc supplementation (where serum zinc deficiency is present)
Acamprosate Etidronate or sodium fluoride (otosclerosis)
Lignocaine or anticonvulsants (usually in patients responsive to white noise masking)
Carbemazepine

Melatonin (especially for those with sleep disturbance)
Sertraline Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine

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