In elderly patients in particular ... nicergoline is an effective and well tolerated treatment for the clinical symptoms related to central vertigo and that it improves the quality of life ...

It is common in older adults ... caused by specific and distinct diagnoses with specific treatments and even cures. They ...

Excessive dizziness, nausea and an unsteady gait are just some of the symptoms of a vertigo attack. With possibly no apparent ...

Why did I have that episode of vertigo, and why did that treatment help? A: Vertigo is the sudden onset ... which is a leading cause of fractures in older adults. To understand what happened, we need ...

A new study by Monash University medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids—medicines widely used to treat ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from March 2013 through June 2018, who had used gabapentinoids before the injury ...

Overall, these results support the use of nicergoline in the long-term treatment of dizziness and vertigo of central origin in late adult and elderly patients. The drug causes improvement of ...