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===Medication=== Vestibular neuritis is generally a self-limiting disease. Treatment with drugs is neither effective nor necessary. The effect of [[glucocorticoid]]s has been studied, but they have not been found to significantly affect long-term outcome.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fishman |first=JM |author2=Burgess C |author3=Waddell A |title=Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |issue=5 |pmid=21563170 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD008607.pub2 |date=May 2011 |pages=CD008607}}</ref> [[Symptomatic treatment]] with [[antihistaminic]]s such as [[cinnarizine]], however, can be used to suppress the symptoms of vestibular neuritis while it spontaneously regresses.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scholtz |first=AW |author2=Steindl R |author3=Burchardi N |author4=Bognar-Steinberg I |author5=Baumann W |title=Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of a fixed low-dose combination of cinnarizine and dimenhydrinate with betahistine in vestibular neuritis: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority study |journal=Clin Drug Investig |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=387β399 |pmid=22506537 |doi=10.2165/11632410-000000000-00000 |date=June 2012|s2cid=207301804 }}</ref> [[Prochlorperazine]] is another commonly prescribed medication to help alleviate the symptoms of vertigo and nausea.
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