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Should tinnitus patients try gingko biloba?

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fyfpoon@gmail.com - 28 Feb 2006 06:02 GMT
Assuming the cause of your tinnitus is unknown after the most
scientific check-ups by your certified doctors, and you are still
having problems with your tinnitus, I would suggest you to at least try
gingko biloba.  I tried it, being prescribed by a doctor who graduated
from Cambridge University of England.  The use of gingko biloba
transformed my ear ring into drum ring or ringing on the ear drum
instead of ringing at the centre of my brain!  My doctor was delighted
because according to him the use of gingko biloba had helped some nerve
in my head recover.

It is my amateurish view that tinnitus in many, but not all, cases, is
a nerve ill! Nerve is in our head, and the way to help nerve recover is
through improved blood circulation in the head.  Gingko biloba has the
property of improving blood circulation in the head, which in turn
helps tinnitus provided the later is related to the nerve in the head.

Talk to your local pharmacist about the quantity used.  They have the
experience with many users of this product. Don't get scared by all
that alarming talks about brain bleeding.  Too much of anything causes
harm.  Thus the key is in moderation.

I am using the gingko pills made by Century 21 manufacturer in Arizona.
They are excellent products.  The recommended dosage is 2 a day for
one month and then one a day.  When I first started, I used 2 a day for
ONE day and then 1 a day up to now.  But talk to those who have
prescribed it or used it.  Buy the ones made of leafs.  You may find
some help there.  After all, if it does not help you, you can always
drop it.  It is totally non-addictive at all!

FP
Murray Grossan - 04 Mar 2006 18:05 GMT
On 2/27/06 10:02 PM, in article
1141099619.112469.307040@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com, "fyfpoon@gmail.com"

> Assuming the cause of your tinnitus is unknown after the most
> scientific check-ups by your certified doctors, and you are still
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>
> FP

As a treating physician I see bleeding from gingko PLUS other meds.
It is rarely the gingko that is the primary cause, it is the addition of
aspirin , "chinese herbs", and "prescribed by herbalists" that is the
problem. How is the patient supposed to know that Motrin should be avoided
with gingko? This is one reason why there is no gingko in Ear.Aid, for fear
that persons might add other "herbs" and get bleeding.
Perhaps in "Kansas" it is OK to try Gingko, but in Southern California where
people take herbs, natural herbs, Chinese herbs, etc etc it can be a risk,
assuming it works.
And it isn't just persons who aren't knowledgeable. Heck, often I don't know
either that certain "Chinese herbs" thin the blood or prevent clotting.
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 06 Mar 2006 16:58 GMT
I think it is a reasonable assumption that practically all pharmacists
do advise people against taking aspirin when taking gingko.  You are
describing a random scenario in which the patients are into all sorts
of meds, herbs or otherwise.  Well, doc, even 'controlled' studies will
not help that.  It is about time a bit of common sense should prevail.
Right?
Murray Grossan - 06 Mar 2006 22:54 GMT
On 3/6/06 8:58 AM, in article
1141664323.048142.17280@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "fyfpoon@gmail.com"

> I think it is a reasonable assumption that practically all pharmacists
> do advise people against taking aspirin when taking gingko.  You are
> describing a random scenario in which the patients are into all sorts
> of meds, herbs or otherwise.  Well, doc, even 'controlled' studies will
> not help that.  It is about time a bit of common sense should prevail.
> Right?

Wrong. There is no way that a lay person can know all the products that can
combine with Gingko to cause disaster. Again, I am in Los Angeles where
people take "natural herbs", Chinese herbs, etc etc. Which one should you
avoid with Gingko?
fyfpoon@gmail.com - 06 Mar 2006 23:32 GMT
Do all the tinniuts patients take other kinds of herbs?  How many
participants in this ng are taking other kinds of herbs and have been
doing so for a long time.  I believe some herbs do have blood thinning
properties.  When you take western medicine, you consult your
physicians for advice.  One should do the same thing with herbs ...
unless the herbalists in Los Angeles are a bunch of quacks.  But if
they are not quacks, and the patients take the medical laws 'into their
own hands', there is not a whole lot we can do to guarantee their
safety EVEN WITHOUT gingko.  Isn't there?
 
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