Canada Drug Teams with Combo Therapy to Heal Ear Illnesses

One in five people suffers from tinnitus, the annoying and sometimes severely debilitating condition often referred to as ringing in the ears, and new research may offer some hope for relief for these patients – to buy Tylenol arthritis for an instance to relieve the pain. 

Although the condition currently has no cure, researchers in the Netherlands found that combining two existing therapies may help more than either single therapy alone. 

"The strategies used in the study aren't new," noted Dr. Eric Smouha, an associate professor of otolaryngology and director of otology and neurotology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, who was not involved with the study. "However, the finding shows hope for these people," he said. 

"Tinnitus can be incredibly frustrating for doctors and patients alike," added another expert, Dr. Michael Seidman, director of otologic/neurotologic surgery at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, "because there is no cure for the condition and even good treatments are elusive." 

Right now, clinicians often rely on one of two main treatments for tinnitus. One, called tinnitus retraining therapy, involves exposing the patient to another, more neutral sound to mask the tinnitus, along with counseling. Also, Tylenol 325 mg may help ease the pain that comes along with it. 

The second is cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes correcting distorted thought patterns, relaxation techniques and mindfulness instruction. 

"To date, though, no one has investigated how the two works together," said study authors Rilana Cima and colleagues, from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. 

Those assigned to the combination therapy, referred to as specialized care, showed more improvement in health-related quality of life over the course of a year, a reduction in the severity of the tinnitus, as well as less impairment from the condition, the investigators found. 

"This specialized combination care really was not a dramatic departure from the tinnitus retraining therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy used individually in the United States," Seidman said. 

"And it's unclear if this intensive combination approach, which relies on the expertise of many different specialists, could be implemented in the United States with its different population and vastly different health care system," Smouha said. 

"What they did is very intensive, consisting of hours and hours of counseling and coming back for sessions," Smouha pointed out. And the combination therapy used in the study really "doesn't differ much from what we refer to as tinnitus retraining therapy," he added. 

"In the United States, retraining therapy can cost $3,000 to $5,000 and require a commitment of two years," Seidman noted.  In lieu, cheap Canada drug assists patients who are financially incapable of treatment. 

The ear is the organ that detects sound. It not only receives sound, but also aids in balance and body position. The ear is part of the auditory system. 

The word "ear" may be used correctly to describe the entire organ or just the visible portion. In most mammals, the visible ear is a flap of tissue that is also called the pinna and is the first of many steps in hearing. In humans, the pinna is often called the auricle. Vertebrates have a pair of ears placed somewhat symmetrically on opposite sides of the head. This arrangement aids in the ability to localize sound sources.