Efficacy of donepezil in patients with chronic tinnitus
Elaine Miwa Watanabe, Laura G.E. Vasconcelos, Maria F. Bonadia-Moraes, Fatima T. Husain, Nilo J.C. Duarte, Jeanne Oiticica · 2026
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Elaine Miwa Watanabe and co-authors trial a dementia drug for chronic ear ringing in a 2026 study. Thirty-five patients with long term ringing and matched controls entered the blind trial. Half got the drug and half got placebo for three months. Scales, surveys, and sound tests tracked change over the course.
No firm gap in improvement split the drug and placebo groups. Interval checks hinted at a possible gain for some drug users at set score marks. One full remission occurred, and it fell in the drug group. Hearing aid users on the drug hinted at extra benefit. The authors call for larger trials before any clinical use.
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| CREATOR | Elaine Miwa Watanabe, Laura G.E. Vasconcelos, Maria F. Bonadia-Moraes, Fatima T. Husain, Nilo J.C. Duarte, Jeanne Oiticica |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |