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Nervenheilkunde 2022; 41(11): 789-793
DOI: 10.1055/a-1901-3560
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Wirksamkeit und pharmakologische Eignung von Cinnarizin und Dimenhydrinat zur Behandlung von Schwindel und damit verbundenen Symptomen[ * ]

Eine nicht interventionelle Praxis-StudieEfficacy and Pharmacological Appropriateness of Cinnarizine and Dimenhydrinate in the Treatment of Vertigo and Related SymptomsA non-interventional real life study
Fulvio Plescia
1   Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities Giuseppe D’Alessandro, University of Palermo, Italien
,
Pietro Salvago
2   Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Audiologia, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Italien
,
Francesco Dispenza
3   UOC Otorinolaringoiatria, A. O. U. P. Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italien
,
Giuseppe Messina
4   Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Human Movement Sciences, University of Palermo, Italien
5   PosturaLab Center, Palermo, Italien
,
Emanuele Cannizzaro
1   Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infantile Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialities Giuseppe D’Alessandro, University of Palermo, Italien
,
Francesco Martines
2   Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Audiologia, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Italien
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ZUSAMMENFASSUNG

Ziel der vorliegenden nicht interventionellen Studie war die Untersuchung der klinischen Wirksamkeit und Verträglichkeit einer Fixkombination aus Cinnarizin (20 mg) und Dimenhydrinat (40 mg) bei Patienten, die unter Schwindel und Gleichgewichtsstörungen leiden. Zu diesem Zweck wurden 120 Erwachsene (70 Männer) mit einem Durchschnittsalter von 64 Jahren in die Studie aufgenommen. Vor Beginn der pharmakologischen Behandlung wurden alle Patienten anhand der Visual Scale of Dizziness Disorders und des Dizziness Handicap Inventory auf die Intensität des Schwindels und dessen Begleitsymptome untersucht. Im Anschluss an die anamnestische Untersuchung erhielten die Patienten 60 Tage lang 3-mal täglich die Fixkombination aus Cinnarizin und Dimenhydrinat.

Unabhängig von der Art des Schwindels führte die Fixdosiskombination 15 Tage nach Behandlungsbeginn bei mehr als 75 % aller Patienten zu einer Verringerung der mit Schwindel und Gleichgewichtsstörungen verbundenen Symptome – bei einer weiteren Verbesserung nach 60 Tagen. Interessanterweise fanden wir Unterschiede zwischen männlichen und weiblichen Patienten, was die pharmakologische Wirkung der Therapie betraf.

ABSTRACT

The present non-interventional study aimed to investigate the clinical efficacy and tolerability of a fixed combination of cinnarizine (20 mg) and dimenhydrinate (40 mg) in patients suffering from vertigo-related symptoms. To this end, we enrolled 120 adults – 70 males – with an average age of 64 years. Before beginning pharmacological treatment, all patients were screened for the intensity of vertigo, dizziness, and concomitant symptoms through the Visual Scale of Dizziness Disorders and Dizziness Handicap Inventory scales. At the end of the anamnestic evaluation, patients received the fixed combination of cinnarizine and dimenhydrinate 3 times daily, for 60 days.

Independent of the type of vertigo, the fixed combination was able to reduce dizziness- and vertigo-associated symptoms in more than 75 % of all patients treated, starting from 15 days of therapy, and improving 60 days after starting the therapy. Interestingly, we also found differences between male and female patients in the framework of the pharmacological effects of therapy.

Schlüsselwörter

Schwindel - pharmakologische Behandlung - Cinnarizin - Dimenhydrinat

Key words

Vertigo - dizziness - pharmacological treatment - cinnarizine - dimenhydrinate

1 *Die vorliegende Arbeit ist die gekürzte deutschsprachige Version der Veröffentlichung: „Efficacy and Pharmacological Appropriateness of Cinnarizine and Dimenhydrinate in the Treatment of Vertigo and Related Symptoms”. Autoren: Fulvio Plescia, Pietro Salvago, Francesco Dispenza, Giuseppe Messina, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Francesco Martines. Publiziert in: Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18(9): 4787. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094787; Original publisher: MDPI AG, Basel, Schweiz; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33946152/




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