Drug Name

Prescribed to Treat:

Our Opinions

Amitriptyline

antidepressent

The person who took this drug said it only made her more tired.

Antivert

Dizziness, Vertigo

Almost all of us were prescribed this drug. None of us found it helpful in treating dizziness. Causes drowsiness and a heaviness in legs. Provides some relief from jerkiness and bouncing.

Compazine

Nausea

The people who took this drug found it helpful.

Decongestants

Stuffed noses and sinuses

Most of us have found relief from congestion and sinus pressure with OTC cold and allergy pills like Claritan-Red and Actifed, as well as nasal sprays like Flonase and Afrin.

Diphenidol

Dizziness & Vertigo

The person who took this said it didn't help and it made her very tired.

Dramamine

Dizziness, Vertigo, Car-Sickness

Most people found that regular Dramamine helped with traveling. Some did not find it helpful. All agreed that the kind of Dramamine that claims that it does not make you tired also does not work.

Dyazide

Ear pressure

This is a diuretic. The person who took it says it helps with ear pressure from the buildup of fluids. It lessons the dizzies but doesn't get rid of them.

(Clonazepam)

Dizziness, Vertigo, Migraines

This drug, which is prescribed mainly for seizures and migraines has had very mixed results treating dizziness and vertigo symptoms in our group. A number of us have taken Klonopin. About half of those hated the drug, finding it caused no relief and very uncomfortable side effects. The rest who took this drug found it very helpful. It does involve a "breaking in period" until the drug has a positive effect. Read more about Klonopin here.

Maxide

Meniere’s Disease

Most did not find these helpful. Side effects included drowsiness and low blood pressure. There are members in our group who take this drug for high blood pressure. These people report no effect upon their dizziness.

Meclizine

Dizziness, Nausea, Vertigo

Same as Antivert

Methotrexate

Meniere’s Disease

This drug used for Rheumatoid Arthritis has provided some relief from the symptoms of Meniere’s Disease for a couple of members of our group.

Methylprednis-olone and other Steroids

Nausea

It didn’t help the people who took it.

Phenergan

Nausea

Works, but causes drowsiness

Scopolamine patch

Dizziness, Nausea, Vertigo

One person found it somewhat helpful, however stopping the patch caused severe nausea and vomiting. Another person said that it made her much worse.

Steroids

Dizziness, Nausea, Vertigo

One person took these. She said it helped at first but she could only take them for 3 days due to side effects such as insomnia, chest pain, and flushed hot face.

Torecan

Dizziness and Vertigo

Contains Compazine. The person in our group who took this medication was allergic to Compazine and ended up in the hospital for two days.

(Diazepam)

Dizziness. Vertigo

A number of us found some relief with small daily doses of valium (2.5 to 5 mg per day). However, people were concerned because of the addiction potential of this drug. Helps with the jumping and blurry vision. Causes drowsiness. A couple of us found that valium did not help at all.

Xanax

Dizziness, Vertigo

Zomig

Migraines

A couple of people in our group have found relief from basilar migraines with this drug.