You probably don’t even need to buy it from pharmaceutical companies—just have a lab produce it since the molecules are already known. There shouldn’t be any intellectual property issues, as long as it’s not being commercially exploited.
I agree 100% with this. In my view, there is very likely some existing treatment that is highly effective in many people but has been missed. This is why my idea was to thoroughly survey every treatment (e.g., summarising every study).
Very interesting.
One thing that occurred to me (that others may or may not have thought of) is that a tinnitus filtering mechanism might have explanatory power as to the causes of tinnitus.
I have seen many people say that drug x is ototoxic and caused my tinnitus. Whilst I have absolutely no...
Unfortunately, I suspect that the reason for this is that there is little financial incentive in these types of treatment. Both Lidocaine and Gabapentin are fairly common drugs and so there is no new proprietary drug which can be sold. The result is that once academics have published this study...
Just to let everyone know that I'm no longer participating in this study. Since my initial visit the t has become intermittent and therefore I'm not eligible for the study.
Hi,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
I'd say my tinnitus is around a 3 - 4. It gets worse at night. Emotions seem to have little effect.
I'm due to be randomised in two weeks (there was a delay due to GPs being slow). I believe that this is when I will receive the injections.
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I'm talking about the differences between the placebo and non-placebo drug. Surely, they should look the same for the precise reason given in this thread?