Lidocaine injections for Tinnitus
Fritz Kruse
Hi, I have seen a few articles on lidocaine injections both into the ear and
intravenously have resulted in partial or complete relief of tinnitus in 70%
of patients.
This from Drs. John Shea and Xianxi Ge of the Shea Ear Clinic of Memphis,
TN in a report to the American Otological Society in Orlando in 2000.
Other reports are with development of a safer lidocaine patch.
Anybody care to comment ???
I have had moderate tinnitus in my right ear for the past 3 years that started
with an ear infection.
Fritz
Jim Chinnis
>Hi, I have seen a few articles on lidocaine injections both into the ear and
>intravenously have resulted in partial or complete relief of tinnitus in 70%
>of patients.
Actually, that is 70% of the ears selected to report on. Those were a small %
of the actual number treated.
>This from Drs. John Shea and Xianxi Ge of the Shea Ear Clinic of Memphis,
>TN in a report to the American Otological Society in Orlando in 2000.
>Anybody care to comment ???
The lidocaine was accompanied with Xanax, known to reduce tinnitus, and other
psychoactive drugs. I don't believe the positive effect can necessarily be
attributed to the intratympanic lidocaine.
--
Jim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA
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I tend to ignore anonymous/uncivil posts. All comments are personal opinions.
DISCLAIMER: I have no vested interest, monetary or otherwise, either
directly or indirectly, in any tinnitus treatment. Never have I received
any compensation of any type for any of my tinnitus-related activities.
Moe
loss (so far) but raging T. So I beleive Lidocaine would work for me,
the trouble is I can't find anyone in Sydney (Australia) who does it -
one doctor told me allergies cause T - gee it must be an allergy to
Electric saws - anyway instead of bickering among yourselves could
someone here actually help someone with T (and H) and tell me where I
can go to get this treatment. I know I'll come back here and find no
replies for this but 78 for some Nagler post, but at least I'm trying.
In article <aa56df62e8be046d...@spamfreenews.com>, Ardent
<i...@here.com> wrote:
> X-No-Archive: yes
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 04:21:48 GMT, jchi...@SPAM.alum.mit.edu (Jim
> Chinnis) wrote:
>
> >The lidocaine was accompanied with Xanax, known to reduce tinnitus, and
> >other
> >psychoactive drugs. I don't believe the positive effect can necessarily
> >be
> >attributed to the intratympanic lidocaine.
>
> Lidocaine does have an effect, no doubt.
>
> But the big question is how long it is effective ?
Jim Smolen
>I definately want to try this, I've had my ears tested and NO hearing
>loss (so far) but raging T. So I beleive Lidocaine would work for me,
>the trouble is I can't find anyone in Sydney (Australia) who does it -
>one doctor told me allergies cause T - gee it must be an allergy to
>Electric saws - anyway instead of bickering among yourselves could
>someone here actually help someone with T (and H) and tell me where I
>can go to get this treatment. I know I'll come back here and find no
>replies for this but 78 for some Nagler post, but at least I'm trying.
Allergies CAN cause tinnitus....maybe not in your case, but it does in
mine.
ENTconsult
the trouble is I can't find anyone in Sydney (Australia) who does it -
There is a reason why not every doctor follows a procedure.
we have lived through many "popular" therapies which despite testamonials and
medical journal articles have long since been rejected.
There was stripping the carotid sheet as a cure for asthma
Massive doses of vitamins have been recomended for nearly everything.
Histamine for sudden hearing loss
etc etc etc
Here we are speaking of the "university recommended" treatments. The "non
unitversity" "cures" are in the hundreds.
The physician by his training must learn to evaluate recommended therapies. He
is the one to decide what is safe, and beneficial, and worth the risk of the
procedure.
Injecting Lidocaine is easy to do. No one is trying to prevent your getting
well. Its just that many of us need to decide if it is proven enough to
subject our patient to it.
Few physicians want to be the "first kid on the block" with the new toy. We
prefer to be careful and observe how these therapies pan out. We have seen too
many highly touted therapies not pan out.
Even the "accepted" therapies must be carefully considered by your doctor.
Years ago the treatement for blocked ears was to insert a radium needle into
the naso pharynx to reduce the blockage. Many doctors refused to do this
procedure - instead took the expensive route of performing surgical removal of
the tissue. Later it was found the the radium caused very serious problems.
You will find one doctor recommending niacin for T and another that doesn't.
Doesn't mean that one is "better" than the other.
The most likely reason no one is Sydney is doing the procedure is that they are
waiting to be sure it is correct treatment.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com
http://www.TinnitusRelief.net
brettwil...@gmail.com
Hi
how did you go with finding anybody that could help with this procedure. I am also like you looking in Australia but havent had much luck to date
Kind Regards
Brett