Repurposing metformin to manage idiopathic or long COVID Tinnitus : self-report adopting a pathophysiological and pharmacological approach

© 2024. The Author(s)..

Chronic tinnitus is a common neurological disorder that affects millions of patients globally with no available successful pharmacotherapy. It can be extremely bothersome to some patients to the extent that it occasionally qualifies as a disability that can hinder them from leading a normal life. In this short communication, the author discusses how he suffered from idiopathic tinnitus and how he managed to adopt a combined pathophysiological and pharmacological approach to the reason for the first time in the medical literature that low-dose metformin might be safely and effectively repurposed to manage at least a subset of tinnitus patients while discussing the potential role of adenosine receptor agonists as potential future tinnitus therapeutics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Inflammopharmacology - 32(2024), 2 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 945-948

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kelleni, Mina T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenosine
Adenosine receptors
Caffeine
Journal Article
Long COVID
Metformin
Review
Tinnitus

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10787-023-01421-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367849291