Lidocaine for the Relief of Incapacitating Tinnitus

Lidocaine for the Relief of Incapacitating Tinnitus

Tinnitus is tolerated by most patients, but in others it is enough of a problem that they seek medical attention. Results of treatment have been mixed. On occasion, a patient is so distressed by tinnitus that he or she is incapacitated and seeks help in an emergency department. We describe what we b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ear, nose, & throat journal nose, & throat journal, 2004-04, Vol.83 (4), p.236-238
Hauptverfasser: Marzo, Sam, Stankiewicz, James A., Consiglio, Angelo P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Care and treatment
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Treatment - methods
Female
Health aspects
Hearing disorders
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Lidocaine
Lidocaine - administration & dosage
Lidocaine - adverse effects
Lidocaine - therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Severity of Illness Index
Syphilis - complications
Syphilis - drug therapy
Tinnitus
Tinnitus - diagnosis
Tinnitus - drug therapy
Tinnitus - etiology
Tinnitus - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:Tinnitus is tolerated by most patients, but in others it is enough of a problem that they seek medical attention. Results of treatment have been mixed. On occasion, a patient is so distressed by tinnitus that he or she is incapacitated and seeks help in an emergency department. We describe what we believe is the first reported case of recurrent incapacitating tinnitus secondary to inner ear tertiary syphilis in which a patient successfully responded to emergency treatment with intravenous lidocaine.
ISSN:0145-5613
1942-7522
DOI:10.1177/014556130408300411