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I remember a little while ago someone mentioned they took GABA tablets and that helped reduce their tinnitus noise. I bought the tablets and then had other health issues so didn’t take them.

Can anyone offer their own personal experience of GABA please?

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Happyrosie

I don’t have personal experience, Riverdale, but I can tell you that the British tinnitus association has a short article on this on their website (put gaba into their search box). Their conclusion is that it is no more effective than a placebo. Of course, placebos have their place!

In your position I’d have a chat with my pharmacist to ensure it doesn’t clash with anything else you might be taking, remembering that pharmacists are more clued up that’s docs about this sort of thing. Or at least they should be!

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Riverdale2021 in reply toHappyrosie

Thanks very much. I have asked a couple of local pharmacists who neither had heard of it!

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Happyrosie in reply toRiverdale2021

I assume gaba is gapapentin which would be known to all pharmacists. Perhaps they didn’t understand you. But I may be wrong and it isn’t this.

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1966366 in reply toHappyrosie

Gaba-Aminobutyric Acid.

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Riverdale2021

I don’t think they are the same

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1966366

They are not the same. The one that you have is Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, and it is unable to cross the blood-brain threshold so it is not useful and will just be dumped in the gut.

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Riverdale2021 in reply to1966366

OK thanks very much

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Happyrosie

Whoops I was looking at the wrong thing - Gaba-Aminobutyric, as riverdale says, isn’t the same thing, sorry. Among pharmacists gabapentin is known as gaba (I checked with a retired pharmacist) so I was confused, sorry.

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Philip6

I’ve taken GABA tablets for several months, they did absolutely nothing.

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Riverdale2021 in reply toPhilip6

Oh dear sorry to hear that. Thanks for your feed back

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Riverdale2021

I had an operation last year with the success rate of 88%. Unfortunately I was in the 12% that was not successful. So my feeling is now if there is a small percentage of people that GABA may help and it’s not dangerous I am going to give it a try! I know I saw a post here where someone was getting benefit from it as they posted it!

Thanks everyone for your responses

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Doxiemom1

Some say it doesn’t cross the blood brain barrier. I heard though that the 750 mg dosage might. I don’t know if that’s true.

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Mssg

Hi. I have tried GABA For sleep. It didn’t work for that or T. Sorry…

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Riverdale2021 in reply toMssg

I tried it for 5 days and my tinnitus went berserk! It was worth a try and as I said it may well suit others.

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