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| Meniere's Disease |
Last updated: Nov 19, 2009 |
Conditions that suggest it | Recommendations
Conditions that suggest Meniere's Disease:
Recommendations for Meniere's Disease: | |  | | | | Animal-based | Shark Liver Oil | See the link between Grape Seed Extract and Shark Liver Oil. |
| Botanical |
Grape Seed Extract (Pycnogenol) | Reports by doctors state that a combination of pycnogenol (pine bark extract) and shark liver oil may be useful in treating Meniere's Disease. |
| Diet |
Processed Foods Avoidance | Among individuals with Meniere’s disease who replaced refined carbohydrates in their diet with high-fiber, complex carbohydrates, tinnitus frequently improved or disappeared. [Hyperlipoproteinemia, hyperinsulinism, and Meniere’s disease. South Med J 1981;74: pp.1194-7] |
Artificial Sweetener Avoidance | Aspartame use has been reported to trigger or mimic symptoms of Meniere's Disease. |
Therapeutic Fasting | Drug |
Conventional Drugs / Information | Your doctor may prescribe medications to be taken during an episode of vertigo to lessen the severity of an attack:
There are several classes of medications that may help.
Motion sickness medications, such as meclizine (Antivert) or diazepam (Valium), may reduce the spinning sensation of vertigo and help control nausea and vomiting.
Anti-nausea medications, such as prochlorperazine, may control nausea and vomiting during an episode of vertigo.
Long-term medication use can reduce fluid retention (diuretic), such as the drug combination triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide (Dyazide, Maxzide). Reducing the amount of fluid your body retains may help regulate the fluid volume and pressure in your inner ear. For some people a diuretic helps control the severity and frequency of Meniere's disease symptoms. |
| Hormone |
Histamine | Histamine diphosphate therapy at 2.75mg in 500cc of 5% dextrose solution given in a slow intravenous infusion can relieve an episode of severe dizziness and nausea due to Meniere's disease. Periodic infusions can lengthen the interval between these episodes. At the University of Maryland Medical System's Looper Clinic, this therapy is performed on 4 to 6 patients each week. ["IV Histamine for Meniere's", Guyther, J. Roy, M.D., Cortlandt Forum, May 1994;78 75-8] (Address: J. Roy Guyther, M.D., 150 Lockshill Rd., Mechanicsville, MD 20659, U.S.A.) |
| Mineral |
Colloidal Silver | Oxygen / Oxidative Therapies |
Ozone / Oxidative Therapy | Those who work with ozone claim that Meniere's is one of those conditions which may respond to ozone treatments. |
| Vitamins |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) | B6 supplementation may be effective in vertigo, including Meniere’s syndrome. One study found that 15 of 47 patients with Meniere’s disease who had failed to respond to previous treatments improved with B6 (pyridoxine). Three patients failed to improve and others gradually improved but it was uncertain whether pyridoxine supplementation was responsible. Furthermore, 23 patients with vertigo due to unknown causes received pyridoxine and many of them responded. Intravenous administration relieved symptoms more rapidly than oral administration [Lewy A., Fox N. Clinical notes; New instruments and techniques: pyridoxine (B6) used in the treatment of vertigo. Arch Otolaryngol November, 1947, pp.681- 3] |
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | Individual reports have suggested that taking vitamin B3, especially as niacin, along with vitamin B6 improves their response. In addition, on bad days, using a B-complex several times a day instead of only once can help also. |
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