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GilbertoOchoa: 4 months ago via iPhone

Pleas tell me what can i do if i got vertigos pleas help i already had this for 2 weeks and i got medicine and it dont work pleas help

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janadu: 4 months ago via iPhone

Could be inner ear problem. Have you had sinus or ear infection lately?

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GilbertoOchoa: 4 months ago via iPhone

Yes i have

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janadu: 4 months ago via iPhone

Those 2 infections can really make you dizzy and it takes a good while to get over it. Dr may have something to lessen it.

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askme43: 4 months ago via iPhone

Please*
It doesn't work*

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justducky: 4 months ago via iPhone

Go back to your doctor and get different medication. If oral doesn't work IM or IV may.

Medications Commonly Used In Patients with Acute Vertigo and Associated Nausea
Meclizine* (Antivert)
12.5 to 50 mg orally every 4 to 8 hours

Dimenhydrinate* (Dramamine)
25 to 100 mg orally, IM, or IV every 4 to 8 hours

Diazepam (Valium)
2 to 10 mg orally or IV every 4 to 8 hours

Lorazepam (Ativan)
0.5 to 2 mg orally, IM, or IV every 4 to
Metoclopramide (Reglan)
5 to 10 mg orally every 6 hours
5 to 10 mg by slow IV every 6 hours

Prochlorperazine (Compazine)
5 to 10 mg orally or IM every 6 to 8 hours
25 mg rectally every 12 hours
5 to 10 mg by slow IV over 2 minutes

Promethazine (Phenergan)
12.5 to 25 mg orally, IM, or rectally every
4 to 12 hours

*?Available over the counter.

+ = mild; ++ = moderate; +++ = prominent; IM = intramuscular; IV = intravenous.

Information from references 6 and 7.

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