Drugs and tinnitus: A review of a controversial matter

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Pirodda, Antonio ^a   Borghi, Claudio ^a   Ferri, Gian Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drugs; Hypertension; Inner ear; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ADRENALIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARTICAINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CEFEPIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CISPLATIN; CLONAZEPAM; DOXYLAMINE; FLURAZEPAM; HYDROXYZINE; LIDOCAINE; LOMEFLOXACIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFONAMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INNER EAR; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TINNITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 77949405618     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16513861003650658     Document Type: Review

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