What treatments work for Menieres disease?
We can’t say for sure whether any treatments definitely work for Meniere’s disease. That’s because there hasn’t been much good research. There are several treatments you can try. They may help with your symptoms during an attack, or reduce or prevent further attacks. But there’s not enough research to be certain. • Your doctor may suggest a medicine to help with dizziness (vertigo) or nausea. Some examples are cinnarizine (brand name Stugeron), prochlorperazine (Stemetil) or hyoscine (Scopoderm TTS patch). • You might wish to try taking a sedative during an attack. Examples of short-acting sedatives your doctor may suggest are alprazolam (Xanax) and lorazepam (Ativan). But they have side effects. • To prevent attacks, you can try several things. They include a low-salt diet, water tablets (diuretics) and a drug called betahistine. We’ve looked closely at the research. We normally rank treatments into different categories, according to whether they work. But we found that all the treatm
