{"id":19454,"date":"2026-10-02T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/?p=19454"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:00:47","slug":"do-medications-help-with-dizziness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/patientenblog\/helfen-medikamente-bei-schwindel\/","title":{"rendered":"Do medications help with dizziness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many sufferers are prescribed so-called vestibular sedatives. The word comes from \u201esedieren\u201c (depressurization)\u2014they therefore dampen the balance system so that the dizziness no longer feels as extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem is that the ear crystals (otoliths) still remain in the ear canal! Medications only alleviate the symptoms but never resolve the underlying cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking such medications for too long can even be counterproductive: Because important signals are suppressed in the brain, new balance problems can arise all the more quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only real solution in this case <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positional vertigo <\/a>It is exactly the right one <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-medical-professionals\/bppv-exercises-epley-semont\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Repositioning maneuvers <\/a>by specialists to move the crystals back to their original location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this video, I explain why medications do not offer any long-term added value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Would you like to learn how storage fraud is effectively handled instead? Take a look now to our detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/dizziness-disorders\/benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo-bppv\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient information<\/a> or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_bkHsZ7H1I\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_bkHsZ7H1I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main video on YouTube<\/a> may apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccd Are you looking for qualified therapists near you who specialize in dizziness? Use our <a href=\"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/for-patients\/dizziness-vestibular-therapist-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Therapist search<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viele Betroffene bekommen bei Schwindel sogenannte vestibul\u00e4re Sedativa verschrieben. Das Wort kommt von \u201esedieren\u201c (bet\u00e4uben) \u2013 sie d\u00e4mpfen also das Gleichgewichtssystem, damit sich der Schwindel nicht mehr so extrem anf\u00fchlt. Das Problem dabei: Die Ohr-Kristalle (Otolithen) bleiben trotzdem im Bogengang sitzen! Medikamente lindern nur das Symptom, l\u00f6sen aber niemals die Ursache. Nimmst du solche Mittel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_jf_save_progress":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patientenblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19456,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19454\/revisions\/19456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivrt.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19454"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}