Treatment of tinnitus with
acamprosate
medication has yielded some positive results
in some case studies. Acamprosate
is a drug that is
usually used to treat alcohol dependence. Over the
course of treatments it has been discovered that this
drug is also useful in inhibiting tinnitus sounds in the
ear. However, more studies need to be published in order
to correctly authenticate this claim.
Another aspect of the tinnitus
and acamprosate
relation that needs to be kept in
mind while looking for a treatment is
that the drug will only act as an inhibitory agent for
the brain – so as to minimize the way the brain reacts
to the abnormal tinnitus sounds. To accurately
appreciate this, the condition of tinnitus has to be
correctly understood.
What
is Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is an auditory canal disorder
wherein a person ends up hearing sounds in the
ear or the head regions in the absence of any external
sounds.
These tinnitus sounds
are created because the nerves in the auditory pathways
start sending abnormal sound signals to the brain, for a
variety of reasons. The causes for this abnormality are
wide ranging and can easily be located far from the
areas of the ear and head. Since the condition of
tinnitus has multiple causal factors it is difficult to
easily pin point the real cause of the problem many end
up looking for tinnitus reliefs instead of a permanent
cure to tinnitus.
Tinnitus Remedies
Amongst the many tinnitus reliefs
that abound the markets, medications and drugs that
claim to alleviate the annoying sounds of tinnitus can
be found at random. Some of these do produce positive
results and enable a person suffering from tinnitus to
carry on with a better quality of life. Most of the
cases where drugs and other devices have produced
positive results have been successful because the root
cause of the problem was targeted – either consciously
or accidentally. In many cases, people have learnt to
live with the relief that a drug or device generates
and never look beyond it to seek out a cure.
Tinnitus and Acamprosate Facts:
·
Acamprosate works by making the
tinnitus sounds less audible to the brain - thus reduce
tinnitus perception
·
A thorough examination and
diagnosis of the entire body is called for before
starting acamprosate for tinnitus
·
Reliance on acamprosate alone is
not recommended since the drug does not seek to cure the
root causes of the problem
In
order gain a durable solution to tinnitus a multi
disciplinary and holistic approach is more
beneficial.
