Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly, or change the dosage, without checking with your doctor. Do not use this medicine to treat any other complaints unless your doctor or pharmacist tells you to. Do not give this medicine to anyone else, even if they have the same condition as you.
Keep taking your tablets until your doctor tells you to stop. Even when you start feeling better, your doctor may want you to carry on taking the tablets for some time to make sure that the medicine has worked completely.
Your doctor may advise you to try betahistine for 6 to 12 months to see if it helps to reduce your symptoms. If it does, it can then be continued.
Betahistine comes in both a tablet form as well as an oral solution, and is taken orally. It is rapidly and completely absorbed. The mean plasma elimination half-life is 3 to 4 hours, and excretion is virtually complete in the urine within 24 hours.
Taking too much betahistine can make you feel sick or sleepy, or give you stomach ache.
Are there any long-term side effects? Betahistine is unlikely to do you any harm, even if you take it for a long time. It's generally a very safe medicine.
Betahistine is not approved in the United States. Interestingly, it was approved in the U.S. in the 1960s but after 5 years the approval was withdrawn due to a lack of evidence for its efficacy.
Increases in vestibular blood flow and decreases in blood pressure were observed in response to betahistine infusions.
Betahistine is not suitable for some people. To make sure it's safe for you, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have: ever had an allergic reaction to betahistine or any other medicine. high blood pressure due to an adrenal tumour.
Several clinical trials have demonstrated that betahistine is effective in reducing the frequency and severity of vertigo, and improving vertigo-associated symptoms, including nausea and vomiting [7,9–15].
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The repeated-measures ANOVA showed a significant effect of time (P<0.00001), indicating that both high-dose and low-dose betahistine could significantly reduce the HARS score.
Conclusion: Betahistine prevented PTZ-induced memory loss; an effect could be in part attributed to the enhanced cholinergic activity and GSK3-β inhibition.
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It works by managing blood flow to the brain to relieve dizziness and balance issues. A study reported in the International Journal of Otolaryngology finds Ginkgo biloba is just as effective as the medication betahistine in managing vertigo.
Betahistine is the analogue of histamine with weaker agonistic effect on histamine H1 receptors and stronger effect on histamine H3 receptors, while Cinnarizine has more effective effect on H1 receptors.
Common side effects (at least 1 in 100 and less than 1 in 10 patients): Nausea, indigestion, headaches. Itching, rash, hives, mild gastric complaints such as vomiting, stomach pain and bloating. Taking Serc with food can help reduce any stomach problems.
Stomach upset, nausea, and headache may occur. This medication may also rarely cause drowsiness. If any of these effects last or get worse, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly, or change the dosage, without checking with your doctor. Do not use this medicine to treat any other complaints unless your doctor or pharmacist tells you to.
Betaserc used in treatment of balance system disorders lessens the insensitivity of vertigo, gait disturbances and nausea/vomiting. It does not affect hearing loss or tinnitus.
This medication may irritate the stomach, and should be taken with food. It is best to avoid coffee, spicy food or alcohol.
Few studies had compared the effect of betahistine and metformin before. According to our study, although betahistine group failed to decrease the body weight significantly, it prevented further weight gain with a decreasing tendency.
You'll usually take betahistine 3 times a day, leaving 6 to 8 hours between doses. When you start taking betahistine it may take a couple of weeks before you notice any improvements. Common side effects include headache, feeling sick or indigestion. They're usually mild and do not last long.
Eye irritation and palpitations were more commonly reported with high dose betahistine than with low dose betahistine and placebo. Differences were, however, small and probably not clinically relevant.
This medicine may cause dizziness, and tiredness in some people. If you have any of these symptoms, do not drive, operate machinery or do anything else that could be dangerous.