Drugs to ‘cure’
tinnitus
are a misnomer because the condition
of tinnitus is caused by several factors in the general
health of the body. Therefore specific drugs that can
eliminate tinnitus on their own do not exist. As a
matter of fact most physicians talk of this medical
condition as incurable.
A lot of medication that a doctor
prescribes as drugs to cure tinnitus
are mostly palliative and only intended to
impart some relief to a patient. They do not in fact
cure or indeed even attempt to solve the real and root
problem that manifests in tinnitus.
Relevance
of drugs to tinnitus:
Drugs
do contain some degree of relevance to
tinnitus.
- Sometimes
tinnitus can manifest in serious forms and is capable
of severely crippling a person’s life. In such cases
one might find immense relief from drugs prescribed by
a professional physicist.
- Some of the common drugs
associated with tinnitus are – acamprostate
based drugs, tricyclic antidepressant,
botulinum toxin drugs, melatonin, setraline or
carbazepine formulations, lingnocaine etc. This list
is by no means comprehensive.
- Although drugs
by themselves cannot cure tinnitus, they do
offer a great deal of respite from the symptoms of
tinnitus.
- Timely
medication also ensures that the condition of tinnitus
does not regress or cause further complications due to
anxiety and stress.
- Tinnitus
arising out of health issues such as high blood
pressure needs medication that has to be adhered to
strictly and taken in prescribed dosages. In this
sense there is a direct and indispensible relation
between drugs that can contribute to curing
tinnitus.
Tinnitus Relief and
Treatment
A
physician will have his or her own method of analysis
and diagnosis of tinnitus and might follow up the
conclusions with medication or sound masking treatments
or both. The exact course of treatment and medication
that a doctor would decide to take is always subjective
to a large extent and its effectiveness is always
dependent on an individual’s personal response to the
treatment.
By its very nature the condition of
tinnitus cannot be resolved by drugs alone. While they
might be necessary to control or support the treatment
process, reliance on drugs alone will at best offer
short term relief from the problem. Many times drugs
themselves end up being the cause
of the problem without a patient ever
realizing the relation.
Reliance on drugs
to cure tinnitus
requires close monitoring and
careful evaluation of progress. They work best when
accompanied with a holistic form of treatment for the
entire
body.
