A fixed combination of cinnarizine/dimenhydrinate for the treatment of patients with acute vertigo due to vestibular disorders: A randomized, reference-controlled clinical study

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-99

  Hahn, Ales ^a   Sejna, Ivan ^a   Stefflova, Bohdana ^b   Schwarz, Mario ^c   Baumann, Wolfgang ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^c Hennig Arzneimittel ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Betahistine, therapeutic use; Cinnarizine dimenhydrinate, therapeutic use; Ear disorders; Fixed combinations; Vertigo; Vestibular disorder therapies, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

BETAHISTINE; CINNARIZINE; CINNARIZINE PLUS DIMENHYDRINATE; DIMENHYDRINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ALLERGY; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODICITY; TABLET; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CINNARIZINE; DIMENHYDRINATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 38949151948     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200828020-00003     Document Type: Article

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