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

Abstract 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: 31. Jan., Seite 945-948

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kelleni, Mina T. [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

44.38

Themen:

Adenosine
Adenosine receptors
Caffeine
Long COVID
Metformin
Tinnitus

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© The Author(s) 2024

doi:

10.1007/s10787-023-01421-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR055479065