Treatment of Sudden Deafness with Sodium Salts of Triiodobenzoic Acid Derivatives

Abstract

Twenty-two patients with a complaint of sudden deafness were treated with one or the other of two of the radiopaque contrast media, 9 received daily doses of sodium iothalamate, and 13 were treated similarly with methlyglucamine and sodium iodamide. Four of the first group and eight of the second demonstrated either an effective partial or a complete recovery of hearing function. Those failing to respond were generally classified completely deaf at admission and reported nausea, vomiting, or vertigo at onset of sudden deafness. Treatment with sodium salts of triiodobenzoic acid derivatives, i.e., sodium iothalamate and methylglucamine and sodium iodamide, is judged to be effective in selected cases of sudden deafness.