Author(s)

Bárbara Vieira Coró^1*, Miguel Angelo Hyppolito²

¹Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Introduction: Systemic processes and inappropriate use of medications may affect vestibular adaptation. Objectives: To assess the efficacy of isolated and combined drug therapy for treating metabolic dizziness and to determine the effect of multidrug treatment. Methodology: We analyzed 100 questionnaires of patients diagnosed with dizziness of metabolic origin. Results: The group treated with vestibular rehabilitation alone showed improvement with 9 months of therapy (p = 0.01). The group treated with vestibular rehabilitation and medication showed improvement with 45 days of therapy (p = 0.01). The group treated with a single type of drug did not show significant improvement. The group treated with several drugs showed improvement with 45 days of therapy (p = 0.03). Conclusion: Combined vestibular rehabilitation resulted in immediate improvement of symptoms without contributing to long-term compensation. Vestibular rehabilitation alone resulted in improve- ment of symptoms over time. Multidrug treatment was beneficial for immediate relief of dizziness.

Dizziness, Metabolism, Vestibular Rehabilitation

Coró, B. and Hyppolito, M. (2020) Isolated versus Drug Combined Vestibular Rehabilitation for the Treatment of Metabolic Dizziness. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11, 111-118. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2020.113011.