The management and outcomes of pharmacological treatments for tinnitus

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 692-700

  Palumbo, Devon Beebe ^a   Joos, Kathleen ^b   De Ridder, Dirk ^c   Vanneste, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE); Anticonvulsants; Antidepressants; Benzodiazepines; COX2; Cyclooxygenase (COX)1; Glutamate antagonists; Tinnitus; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETAHISTINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; FLUPIRTINE; GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; NALTREXONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PIRIBEDIL; PRAMIPEXOLE; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; TINNITUS; ANIMAL; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946729796     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: 18756190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570159x13666150415002743     Document Type: Article

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