Nicotine patches for tinnitus

[AnotherLevel]

I’ve just seen a video that suggested nicotine could cure tinnitus so I’ve ordered some patches to give it a go.

Has anyone else seen or heard this before and if so was it effective

Nothing ventured nothing gained

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

This seems reminiscent of the Antinitus patch, which does the rounds periodically online. The last we heard, it was restricted from sale in the EU: tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-tr...

[AnotherLevel in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Was it restricted because it worked or for other reasons

[TinnitusUKPat Partner in reply to AnotherLevel]

Something being restricted because it worked would be a weird decision, but in this case the Swedish medical products agency could cite no evidence of the product working banning it from sale there and an appeal against this decision by the manufacturer was struck down, leading it to be barred from sale within the EU.

All this is within the linked guidance on the website in case anyone wishes to read it.

[Ray200]

No. Nicotine does not cure tinnitus. I am a keen tobacco enthusiast yet here I be. This site.

[Kellythecat-74 in reply to Ray200]

you are right . I smoke about 15 a day . Still have the same old T .

[Bellyboo]

I can 100% tell you it doesn’t help T. I’m addicted to the gum after stopping smoking 15 yrs ago

[ModelMetalworker]

This is passage from a post on this site you may find interesting.

Nicotine patches… low dose 2mg once a day…

Somewhere upper torso… non addictive but restores certain receptors

in the cns especially around the brain responsible for tinnitus issues…

not really necessary to explain the concept in detail because it often

occurs after using certain medications that use peptides…most do… B.P

….blood thinners…heart medications…even certain face creams but it certainly

worth trying if it brings quick relief…if it is going to work it does within

a few days…amazing results.

[AnotherLevel in reply to ModelMetalworker]

Thank you, I had heard it was quick if going to work

[ModelMetalworker in reply to AnotherLevel]

Hello, just to add, lowest nicotine patch I can find is 7mg, the 2mg mentioned in the post may refer to the gum but not certain. Don't think the poster is still registered here.

[AnotherLevel in reply to ModelMetalworker]

Cut the patches into half or a third

[Maria1360 in reply to AnotherLevel]

Please DON'T cut the patches. You'll get WAY too much nicotine dispensed at once. They're not made for instant dispensing, you can get very sick. I'm an RN and a previous patch user ( 3- 4 times).

The patches never stopped my tinnitus BTW.Also, I'm one year tabbacco free!😉

[Maria1360 in reply to ModelMetalworker]

Please DON'T cut the patches. You'll get WAY too much nicotine dispensed at once. They're not made for instant dispensing, you can get very sick. I'm an RN and a previous patch user ( 3- 4 times).

The patches never stopped my tinnitus BTW.Also, I'm one year tabbacco free!😉

[msspinner in reply to Maria1360]

Congratulations, Maria1360 👍. My latest journey into the tobacco free world starts today.

[AnotherLevel in reply to AnotherLevel]

healthunlocked.com/tinnitus...

[TinnitusUKPat Partner in reply to ModelMetalworker]

Any product which tries to handwave away an explanation of how it is supposed to address the problem that you have - 'not really necessary to explain the concept in detail' - would be the reddest of red flags to me.

[AnotherLevel in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Yes it would be a red flag but I understand how it works from previous research.

As the post says it either works in very short time 3 to 7 days or it doesn’t - let’s hope I’m lucky.

It’s not expensive and worth a go in an attempt to get rid of Mr T (is there any Mrs T 😂) for negligible cost and a short time frame trial.

I’ll report back after my trial.

[AnotherLevel in reply to ModelMetalworker]

healthunlocked.com/tinnitus...

[RunBrianRun]

Thank you for sharing this. I’m interested in how you get on. Please report back good or bad. 👍

[AnotherLevel in reply to RunBrianRun]

Yes I’ll drop a line after trialing it,

I did try Taurine and reported back instant success but short lived - see that thread on here.

[AnotherLevel in reply to RunBrianRun]

healthunlocked.com/tinnitus...

[Lulu_Lollipop]

Worth a try! Looking forward to hearing how you get on. Good luck!

[AnotherLevel in reply to Lulu_Lollipop]

healthunlocked.com/tinnitus...

[Petdoglover]

hi, I am using 2mg of the lozenges after stopping smoking and they do not do anything to my T , be interested in your results tho because I have also used patches and didn’t see any difference.

[AnotherLevel in reply to Petdoglover]

Yes I’ll post either way, I’ll be starting at the weekend

[Kellythecat-74 in reply to Petdoglover]

same here .

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

At the risk of seeming like a broken record, the sole credible source that I can identify for using this approach to suppressing tinnitus is via a clinical study - on rats - published last year: frontiersin.org/journals/ne...

I wouldn't say that the results from that study are necessarily applicable to human beings at this point.

[AnotherLevel]

UPDATE

Hi peeps, here’s my findings -

I cut two-off 25g patches into a quarters (no chance of overdosing as they are impregnated in the gum so even circa 7g dose per quarter) and used one each day for eight days.

I started on a Thursday

Saturday I woke up and it was gone - what! Could not believe it but all day and evening Zero - it was brilliant!

Sunday woke up and slight Mr T

Sunday evening it was ringing away very load and all night and into mid Monday where it died off in volume to a reasonable level by Monday evening.

Carried on with the patches till the eighth day with Mr T at its normal levels.

I was extremely happy with the Saturday result that tells me it can be cure’d but that something else is possibly intervening.

I have always had noticeable loader bouts on a Sunday afternoon evening and night into Mondays so believe something else is effecting it more on the Sunday/Monday and that there is a base effect the rest of the week.

I am not addicted to the nicotine or the patch either.

I think it may be well worth a trial for individuals and I won’t rule it out for future as I have a box of patches to try again but believe I need to find what the background effect to me is.

It’s also worth mentioning that the very same happened when I trialed Taurine a couple of months ago - Saturday completely free after two days and then the Sunday normal high’s

Cut patches