My mother is 73 years old. Has suffered acute ischemic brain stroke recently. She is taking tab levesam 500 mg bd. She is experiencing vertigo-positional. This could be the side effect of the medicine. My question is, can we give her tab. Vertin ,to counteract her vertigo?

Dr. Vilas MisraENT Specialist29yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, positional vertigo is not a side effect of levesam. Instead it is a disease itself bppv. The drug vertin only acts when their is associated vestibular rehabilitation excercises and then treated with integrated balance therapy provided their is no bppv.in bppv treatment is by particle repositioning maneuvures and there is no role of madication. Sincerely.dr. Vilas misra.  

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