Tinnitus Treatment With Piribedil Guided by Acoustic Otoemissions and Electrocochleography

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Tinnitus Treatment With Piribedil Guided by Acoustic Otoemissions and Electrocochleography (version 1.0) - Piribedil, a dopamin-agonist, has been used to treat tinnitus.

Tinnitus is defined as the perception of sound in the absence of a external source. About 15 % of the population is believed to experience tinnitus and for about 20 % of them it may become a very serious problem. Total comprehension of tinnitus pathophysiology has not yet been achieved, but modern theories focus in brain hyperactivity following inner ear damage, with involvement of various neurotransmitters. Piribedil,a dopamin agonist, has been used to treat tinnitus, focusing in dopamine...

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[Frédéric]

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00591994
Status: still completed. Primary completion date: December 2007.

Results:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19574947