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cinnarzine for menieres

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jayne9460
jayne9460

my husband has been prescribed cinnarzine tablets but found that he felt no better whilst taking them, in fact we think it may have made the condition worse, has anyone else experienced this?

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  • linda79653
    linda79653 jayne9460

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    I take  betahistine 3x daily to attempt to control my Menieres.mi do take cinnazerine but only to alleviate dizziness between attacks and it appears to work without any side effects. I thought most meniere sufferers took betahistine as their main medication.  I would suggest your husband goes back to his GP and asks for he could try a different medication. 

    Hope he manages to get this sorted.

    linda

  • angela79369
    angela79369 jayne9460

    Posted

    Sometimes when you're having a 'phase' it's just time whilst the ear repairs itself. I haven't found cinnarizine worsens things, just might not greatly help when you're at your worst. Get back to the doctor, get appointment with ENT at hospital. Google everything on menieres. Read the book Self Help for Menieres, by Meniere Man (amazon kindle edition available). Do everything you can to make life bearable. Chin up, I've found longer good phases than bad ones.
  • DizzyDora
    DizzyDora jayne9460

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    Hi Jayne, I took cinnarazine tablets for a while but I had to stop them because they made me more ill. I now take SERC tablets, they are betahistine but made by a different company. For some strange they work better than the betahistine, something about how they're made. I've also had Gentamicin injections in my ear. I don't want to tempt fate but I haven't had a bad Vertigo attack in over a year and I'm hoping it stays that way! I still have days where I feel spacey, the constant tinnitus and deafness but to date I haven't had a Vertigo attack since the Gentamicin. 
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