Lidocaine and Dexamethasone Perfusion

With all due respect you sound more like a doctor promoting his practice rather than a patient. What lay person knows anything about billing codes? I find your posting suspicious to say the least.

 

today i got 16mg methylprednisolone and after 3 hours i have 70% reduction

 

@1MW Hey 1MW can you describe the procedure you had

 

Isn't scientifically too late for coticosteroids like prenisolone and methylprednisolone few years after onset..?

 

Too late to repair the damage done by trauma. Still works for inflammation.

 

Yes, but 1MW didn't wrote that he has any inflammation. That's why I asked.

 

My T cause is unknown ...
10 hours after 16mg methylprednisolone and my T is 0/10 and i have no H and no reactive T.
To me corticosteroids work 100% but the result is temporary.

 

Would this treatment help me? I have some high frequency hearing loss from 6-8khz. 30db and 40db in that range in one ear with the loud tinnitus.

This all occurred mid December. It's now March. It's within 90 day window. Will this cure me? I'm near Tennessee.

 

Could the new over the counter Lidocare patch work for tinnitus?

 

This is so exciting!
I'm also not sure of my cause(but I do highly suspect of benzos) maybe I can give it a try. I really wonder you still use it.

 

I'm sorry to say I'd heard enough at "Shea Clinic." I know they've built a massive business that draws people from all over the world, but after two tympanoplasties that I've come to believe were totally unnecessary, I'm done with the Doctors Shea.

 

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if an intratympanic dexamethasone injection with lidocaine, for example done at the Shea Clinic, could still help after 11 months?

Probably it will only help in an acute phase and I did an infusion therapy with cortisone already and that did not have any effect, so I am not sure if this will have any benefit.. but i just want to do something against it :/

Is it complete nonsense??

 

had this procedure (lidocain and dexamethosone) at Shea clinic about 10 years ago...lasted me about 2 days and back again...hope you have better luck than me...keep us posted

 

for me it made tinnits worse after some time

 

@mrfixit38671

How long did you have your T already when you did that treatment?

@Christian78

Do you know the cause of your T? And how long did you have it already when you did the treatment? And are you feeling a bit better?

 

Some people get total temporary relief with steroids, other people just get worst tinnitus.
It's a dice roll.
For me, it's a 5-15% reduction so I don't bother at all (not the intratympanic procedure, intramuscular or pill).

 

@undecided

So best case scenario would be temporary relief? Or do you know people where the effects are long term as well? Uhh I don't know if I shall do it.. tried Cortisone already via infusion.. and that didn't help unfortunately, but didn't make it worse either. Probably I am too late for it anyway

 

I had the procedure done in March 2016. The difference in my procedure and one described earlier was that I was put to sleep and woke up in recovery and had about an hour left to lie there on my side. I only had one ear done, my right.

They say that our ailment is not hereditary but, I have to differ from that belief. I have it, my mom has it and my great grandmother had it. My younger sister is developing ringing in her ears. My mom has suffered for over forty years (hearing loss, ringing, vertigo, nausea) and when an episode hits she is incapacitated. My dad has to carry her to the bed because she cannot walk on her own and it can last for days. She is 75 and quit driving about five or six years ago because she never knew when an attack would occur. Other than this she is in good health.

The last ten months have been her best over the last 40 years. When I went to the Shea Clinic I was in one room having the procedure and she was in the next room having it done. We both have been vertigo free since the procedure but suffer from balance problems occasionally. I have found that even though the vertigo is not experienced I still suffer symptoms. When I would have an episode I would have trouble focusing and very tired and worn out.

I still have the ringing and significant hearing loss in my right ear.

 

Does this work for patients with noise induced trauma such as loud music?

 

@Smark

Not sure if they if they still do ear perfusions? I don’t think so.

 

Will they accept people from other countries (Canada)?

 

I was there in 2011. My insurance I had covered it out of network back then. I doubt my current insurance would cover anything. I’m sure they would accept anyone with green money. Not sure if the procedure they did to me helped any. If it did it didn’t last.

 

I see there hasn't been any activity on this thread in nearly two years.

I had an ENT suggest a Decadron (Dexamethasone) perfusion for my tinnitus (I do not have vertigo issues) which sounds similar to what the Shea Clinic does. Has anyone had experience with this? There really isn't a lot I can find online...

 

@FlatDarkEarth, did you go ahead with the perfusion?

 

@Uklawyer, no I didn't but I am revisiting the idea. As I posted in my thread in Support today, I am having a really bad flare up. If antidepressants don't improve the situation, I am considering microdosing Psilocybin, TMS, or a Dexamethasone infusion.

I've been too scared to get something injected into my ear for fear it could make it worse.

 

@Stacken77

 

Does anyone know where in the US I can have a Dexamethasone and Lidocaine profusion? Does Shea Clinic still do them?

 

I called Shea Clinic and they still do this procedure. Has anyone had this done recently? Who has had any results from this procedure?

 

@RadioKid722, did they say anything about success rate? What type of tinnitus do they have success with?

 

I didn't ask. But since they still do it I'd imagine they have some success with lessening the severity of the tinnitus. I read online average score before and after as 75 and 48, so a significant reduction in volume.

I think I am going to fly out there in a few weeks and have the procedure done. It's 3 days + 1 day for consultation. They said they'd schedule me starting on a Monday for consultation since I'm from out of town, so I can have the procedure done Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There is a hotel just up the street I can stay at.