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Spontaneous reports of vertigo or dizziness, as side-effect of certain drugs, received at our Pharmacovigilance Center, represented the 5% of all reports in 2012. Considering the high incidence of such an ADR for several drugs' classes, it can be speculated that under-reporting also affect vertigo and dizziness. Despite the fact…
This randomized controlled trial with 60 adults who had chronic dizziness or vertigo found that adding vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) to standard medication (betahistine) led to better thinking-test results and larger drops in dizziness-related disability than medication alone. Tests that improved more with VRT included digit span and a task-switching…
