[Medical treatment of Menière disease (author's transl)]

There is no causal medical treatment of Menière's disease, further it seems very doubtful if it is possible to achieve a complete loss of symptoms by drugs alone. In spite of the fact that there are a great number of drugs being applied, there are some general principles in the treatment of this disease which should be followed. These principles are: 1. Improvement of blood supply of the inner ear by various methods. 2. Sedation of the patients to avoid physical stress, as it has clearly been shown that in many patients there is a correlation between psychical stress and Menière attacks. 3. Dehydration of the inner ear hydrops by osmotic diuresis or diuretic drugs. 4. Partial destruction of inner ear structures by intratympanally administration of ototoxic drugs or anaesthetics.