Sorry can't even force myself to watch more rubbish info from ATA.
40+ years later they are still recycling the same crap!
Waste of space they are!
So I had a review of the video material. The recently published webinar (dated 21 March 2016) on pharmacology was - I thought - well presented and informative. Pharmacology in relation to tinnitus is of course very interesting as the discipline attempts to treat tinnitus rather than apply a "learn to live with it" methodology using masking (or nothing at all).
Dr. James Kaltenbach introduced the standard mechanism by which tinnitus suppression can be targeted (synaptic and ion channel level) - this can be seen at 37:03. I was, however, slightly puzzled when he mentioned on a couple of occasions that AUT3 is still pending clinical trial (see 40:30, 43:26, and 44:08). I assume that he is pointing to the QUIET-1 study of Autifony Therapeutics here. And I should think that it is well known by now that the human trial is terminated. So why he mentions this trial, I do not know. Perhaps it is because of the potential of the compound rather than anything else. Anyway, if someone wants to follow-up with Dr. Kaltenbach on that, that can be your pet project for the Easter Break (and will bring information back to the forum here).
Dr. Kaltenbach also mentions several other compounds of interest. For instance, Taurine (found in the energy drink, Red Bull) is known from studies to have an effect on the suppression of symptoms of tinnitus. Attached is one such animal study. As it happens, I did discuss a case study with my primary research contact - and it involved a physician who had suffered from tinnitus. If I recall correctly, the individual had taken 20g of Taurine per day (for "some period of time") and had attained a permanent reduction of his tinnitus. I do not wish to endorse the use of Taurine - I only mention the compound because the video included it on the list. Indeed, I am slightly worried that Amazon.com will soon be out of Taurine powder with this posted message - just like TinnitusTalk probably managed to collectively empty one or two online stores for CBD oil after TT-member
@Drecul wrote about his experience here:
www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/already-6-hours-tinnitus-free-with-cbd-oil.11281
Indeed that became the fastest ever trending thread on the entire forum (reaching 5000 views in a matter of days if not hours...). At this point in time, it has almost 20k views: several online store owners are no doubt rich at this point (but unfortunately for the wrong reasons). A classic example of mob mentality mixed with wishful thinking, desperation, and lack of critical reasoning.
Last but not least, I am slightly surprised that the video by the ATA has only reached some 200 views at this point. No doubt, most of views were picked-up prior to the release on youtube and are therefore not counted. Still it is a shame that it is not watched more: the fault lies both with the ATA for not marketing it better but also on the part of the tinnitus community for not doing a better job of practicing self-responsibility and informing itself on the things that matter and instead spend their lives debating matters such as:
- is LLLT a scam? (for the 200th time).
- A dog barked next to me - should I be worried?
- when will there be a cure? (also for the 200th time).
Attached is also a 2nd article that I included (as it was co-authored by Dr. Kaltenbach) - Ringing Ears: The Neuroscience of Tinnitus.
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. I can't really recommend since there are no "safe" levels of Taurine for human consumption, or even much agreement if it works in anything at all.
