These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The possible role of proton pump inhibitors of the homeostasis of the inner ear.
    Author: Pirodda A, Brandolini C, Raimondi MC, Modugno GC.
    Journal: Med Hypotheses; 2009 Mar; 72(3):325-6. PubMed ID: 19022586.
    Abstract:
    The possibility of a benefit in some cases of inner ear sufferance by using proton pump inhibitors has been considered after a casual observation. The hypothesis is advanced considering the adverse effect of reflux on the eustachian tube function, the possible influence of the latter on inner ear symptoms and, from a more general point of view, the trigger effect which a gastric dysfunction requiring proton pump inhibitors could exert on the sympathetic system. These considerations, deserving a further study, seem to be based on logical assessment and therefore in our opinion deserve to be kept in mind in trying to define inner ear disorders of uncertain origin.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]