Restriction of salt, caffeine and alcohol intake for the treatment of M énière's disease or syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no evidence from randomised controlled trials to support or refute the restriction of salt, caffeine or alcohol intake in patients with Ménière's disease or syndrome.High-quality research in this field is warranted. The best evidence may come from a randomised controlled trial comparing dietary interventions (e.g. low salt versus general healthy diet advice), using rigorous methodology for patient selection, randomisation and blinding, and strictly adhering to the Bárány Society diagnostic criteria. However, this research question might be more pragmatically addressed by using information from carefully constructed patient registries that include information on dietary intake of substances of interest such as salt, caffeine and alcohol. It will be important to address the question of any possible harms or unwanted effects of dietary modification. PMID: 30596397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research