wrote:>Are they developing a drug?
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Researchers have been working on pharmacological approaches to
tinnitus for many years. I am unaware of any breakthroughs, although
Abraham Shulman of the Martha Entenmann Tinnitus Research Center in
New York told me recently that they are working on a biological
"marker" for tinnitus - that's basically a blood test that in some
gross way can reflect certain aspects of tinnitus. The material is
**extremely** preliminary, but if it pans out it will go a long way to
helping develop and test various drugs. Dr. Shulman has invited me to
his lab to review his work, and I hope to go later this year. I'll
certainly report back to you after my visit, but if there are any true
"breakthroughs," I'll know it about as soon as it happens, which means
it will appear on the ATA website, on this board, and just about
everywhere else short of a Wheaties Box.
There are two update articles about drug treatments for tinnitus in
the March 2001 issue of Tinnitus Today, which was sent to 10,000 ENT's
throughout the US last week. One is by Kaltenbach (see subj line of
this thread) about his Pfizer work and other drug research he is doing
at Wayne State University. The other is by Michael Seidman of the
Henry Ford Health System and is an overall "state of the art and look
to the future" review of drug therapy in tinnitus. Both Dr.
Kaltenbach and Dr. Seidman are on the American Tinnitus Association
Scientific Advisory Committee.
stephen nagler
Stephen M. Nagler, MD, FACS
www.tinn.com
The views expressed above are those of the author.
Positions and opinions expressed do not necessarily
reflect those of the American Tinnitus Association.
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