Prescription Medication

I've tried lots of different remedies for Meniere's with differing degrees of success. If you're under the care of an ENT specialist or a GP then you're no doubt on some kind of prescription medication.

Rather than looking at any alternative/natural remedies I want to focus on the drugs I've been prescribed. My daily medicine is Betahistine (Serc) which I take in a dose of 24mg three times daily. I'm aware that this is higher than the normal dose of 16mg but I was put on the higher dose after my hospitalisation. I'm not too sure that Betahistine does too much to prevent attacks but, then again, I'm not too sure that it's not effective so I carry on taking it.

I have also been prescribed Cinnarizine (Stugeron) which I take as and when an attack comes on in the hope of staving off the terrible nausea. It seems to me that I've got to get my timing just right with this in order for it to be effective.

I'd recently read that Valium could be effective when an attack was imminent and approached my GP to ask if he'd be willing to give me a prescription. Due to the addictive nature of that drug he was reluctant and instead gave me a prescription for Prochlorperazine, again to be taken when an attack is imminent. I've tried this in combination with cinnarizine over the past couple of months and have had varying degrees of success, but I would say that the combination seems about 75% effective in stopping an attack.

I'd be interested to know what prescription meds others have taken and what success you've had.

Not good

I've had a few bad days recently which is why I've not posted anything. As any sufferer knows, even the lightest of attacks can make you feel shattered for hours or even days.

Friday morning was horrible and my body is now aching after heaving so much. I missed another session of college so I've got that to catch up on.

Hopefully, I'll be back up to speed soon and will get some proper posts up.