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Robinson
SK, Viirre ES, Stein MB - Antidepressant therapy in tinnitus.
Hear Res. 2007 Apr;226(1-2):221-31. Epub 2006 Sep 14.
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of
Medicine, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La
Jolla Village Dr., Mail Code 116A, La Jolla, CA 92161, USA.
Objective: Review the literature on the co-morbidity of depression and
anxiety with tinnitus. Briefly consider proposed mechanisms by which antidepressants
might be helpful for tinnitus, including treatment of co-morbid depression
and anxiety and a more direct serotonergic mechanism of tinnitus. Survey
the literature on antidepressants and tinnitus including tinnitus reported
as a side effect of antidepressants (phenelzine, amitriptyline, protriptyline,
doxepin, imipramine, fluoxetine, trazadone, bupropion, venlafaxine), tinnitus
associated with withdrawal of antidepressants (venlafaxine and sertraline)
and antidepressants as a treatment for tinnitus (case reports - fluoxetine
and paroxetine, retrospective reviews - imipramine and selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors, single blind trials of amitriptyline and double blind
placebo controlled trials of trimipramine, nortriptyline, paroxetine and
sertraline). Provide suggestions on future directions, specifically replication
of prior studies and a dose finding study of paroxetine for the treatment
of tinnitus.
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