Ménière's syndrome

Active Ingredient: Betahistine

Indication for Betahistine

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss associated with Ménière’s syndrome.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

24-48 mg in 3 divided doses daily

Route of admnistration

Oral

Defined daily dose

24 - 48 mg

Dosage regimen

From 8 To 16 mg 3 time(s) per day every day

Loading dose

48 mg

Detailed description

Initially 16 mg three times daily, taken preferably with meals. Maintenance doses are generally in the range 24 to 48 mg daily. Dosage should be altered according to clinical response.

Geriatric population

Although there are limited data from clinical studies in this patient group, extensive post marketing experience suggests that no dose adjustment is necessary in this patient population.

Dosage considerations

Taken preferably with meals.

Active ingredient

Betahistine

Betahistine dihydrochloride is a histamine-like drug in which pharmacological activity can be attributed to a specific effects and/or more direct influences on recovery mechanisms the vestibular nuclei. It has weak agonist activity at histamine H1 receptors and moderate antagonist activity at H3 receptors. Betahistine may increase blood flow to the cochlear region as well as to the whole brain.

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