CLINICAL TRIAL
COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
MULTICENTER STUDY
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
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Betahistine dihydrochloride versus flunarizine. A double-blind study on recurrent vertigo with or without cochlear syndrome typical of Menière's disease.

This study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of betahistine dihydrochloride and flunarizine. All patients included in this multicenter, double-blind, randomized trial showed a specific pattern of vertigo, i.e. recurrent paroxysmal vertigo with or without the cochlear symptoms typical of Meniere's disease. Fifty-five patients were treated for 2 months (28 in the betahistine group and 27 in the flunarizine group). Analysis of intra-group symptom changes demonstrated a greater efficacy for betahistine. Statistically significant decreases in duration and severity of attacks, and in the presence of vegetative symptoms were seen in the betahistine group after the first and second months of treatment, whereas in the flunarizine group this was the case only at the end of the first month of treatment. Furthermore in the betahistine group, statistically significant decreases occurred for the other major criteria, including number of attacks, evidence of vestibular dysfunction, and presence of cochlear symptoms. Adverse effects were similar to those reported in previous studies of both products: stomach pains only with betahistine, and drowsiness, asthenia, and depression with flunarizine.

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