U of Pittsburgh Researcher Working on Tinnitus Drug
The drug they’ve been focusing on, called RL-81, would be used soon after tinnitus develops, and recent research indicates it could remain effective much longer than they first expected.
The drug they’ve been focusing on, called RL-81, would be used soon after tinnitus develops, and recent research indicates it could remain effective much longer than they first expected.
One of the factors in maintaining healthy hearing is being conscious of the degree and amount of loud sound exposure. More than 40 million Americans, aged 20 to 69, have some type of hearing loss with approximately 10 million of those attributable to noise-induced hearing loss.
Neurophysiologists at the University of Connecticut have discovered a new drug that may prevent tinnitus and treat epilepsy by selectively affecting potassium channels in the brain.