treatment
Last reviewed 01/2018
- the symptoms of an acute vestibular episode can be treated with:
- an anti-emetic (e.g. prochlorperazine, promethazine, cyclizine) or
- vestibular sedatives (e.g. the calcium channel antagonist cinnarizine,
the histamine analogue betahistine) during the first days of the illness
(1)
- often treatment with an anti-emetic is essential e.g. prochlorperazine
either by suppository, intramuscularly or buccal absorption (2)
- it is then possible for a vestibular sedative to be administered e.g. cinnarize 15 mg tds - in elderly patients this dose should be adjusted to minimise sedation.
- often treatment with an anti-emetic is essential e.g. prochlorperazine
either by suppository, intramuscularly or buccal absorption (2)
Reference:
- (1) Pagarkar W, Davies R. Dizziness. Medicine 2004; 32 (9): 18-23.
- (2) Prescribers' Journal 1998; 38(2): 87-97.