New prospects in the treatment of vertigo
Sauvage, J.P.; Bessède, J.P.; Orsel, S.; Morin, R.
La Revue du Praticien 39(4): 279-283
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2640 PMID: 2704944 Document Number: 329146
Vertigo results from sensory conflicts that are usually intralabyrinthine or between two labyrinths. Symptomatic treatments rests on the reduction of these conflicts by vestibuloplegic drugs. However, this treatment should not last for more than 48 or 72 hours since in established vestibular lesions central compensation demands that the centres be informed. The use of sedative drugs in vertigo, therefore, should be reduced, and vestibular rehabilitation is recommended in most cases. Only Meniere's disease escapes this rule, being a self-limited process.