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Medical Treatment For Tinnitus

By John On July 22, 2009 Under Tinnitus Articles

Medical Treatment for Tinnitus

Do you know what type of medical treatment for tinnitus exists? You may be surprised when you hear how many options are available to you. Many people are told they have no solution and that they must learn to “cope” or live with their problem.

Some medical treatments for tinnitus include:

  • Prescription medication
  • Surgery
  • Biofeedback
  • Stress and anxiety treatment

In the past, there were no real medical treatments for tinnitus but that is not true today. Doctors no longer believe that tinnitus is strictly a psychological condition or that it is always caused by ear problems that cannot be corrected. Medical professionals now know that there are many different medical treatment options for tinnitus and while there is no cure yet, there are many treatments that have proven very successful with many patients.

Some drugs and medications that have been used to help treat tinnitus are:

  • Anti-depressant Drugs – The main anti-depressant drug that is used for tinnitus is Xanax. Seventy-six percent of the people that used this drug in a study found that it reduced their symptoms about forty percent and they reported that the loudness of the sound was lowered considerably.

  • Intravenous Lidocaine – A controlled study done on this drug suggested that tinnitus could be controlled by certain drugs by providing either partial or complete relief in 85% of the subjects tested. 

  • Antihistamines – Antihistamines that are used to help treat allergies may also help to reduce the sounds caused by this condition in many people.

  • Certain Heart Medications Cardiovascular medications help to increase the blood flow in your body, which in turn can help alleviate tinnitus.   

  • Anticonvulsant Medication – This medication is normally used to help prevent seizures but it may help reduce the symptoms of tinnitus in some people.

Before you seek medical treatment for your tinnitus, you should try to discover the cause of your condition. There are many causes of tinnitus. Some of these include:

  • Earache
  • Ear infection
  • Fluid in the ear/ ear discharge
  • Ear wax
  • Meniere’s disease
  • Auditory nerve tumor
  • Loud noise exposure
  • Heart murmur – the sound of the heart is sometimes heard within the ear.
  • Anemia
  • Paget’s disease of bone
  • Arteriosclerosis
  • Psychological disorders
  • Certain medications
  • Idiopathic
  • Acute otitis media
  • Excessive noise exposure
  • Auditory tube dysfunction
  • Ototoxicity
  • Glomus tumour
  • Internal carotid thrombosis
  • High blood pressure
  • Aural polyps
  • Foreign body in ear
  • Chronic sinusitis
  • Otosclerosis
  • Ear inflammation
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In addition to other medical treatments for tinnitus, there are also homeopathic tinnitus remedies that many people find very helpful and there are also simple things you can do to reduce the intensity of your tinnitus.

Some people do not like taking medicine because of all the side effects or are they not certain that medical treatments for tinnitus will be helpful for their situation. In these cases, they may consider alternative treatment options such as homeopathic methods.

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Sandy Parker (3 comments)

August 21, 2009

I started having ringing in the ears, in the early 90\’s. It started with my eyes, seeig double. the next day, the noise started. Seemed loud at times. I am now stress, getting upset and been very dispressed. I am now married, been married for 37 yrs. My husband make me get upset. That might be the main causes of my tinnitus. What can I do in order to get rid of it? I have read some people\’s questions and answers of their tinnitus..I have been very dispress and upset. Can you help me?

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