by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.
In the March, 2008 issue, I reported on an interesting treatment for hearing loss. There has been a fair bit of interest in this treatment as evidenced by the various comments on the HearingLossHelp blog. You can read the original article and comments here.
In part, here is Rick Walter’s comment (#15) on what has been happening with his ears since he began taking Aldosterone two months ago. He writes:
I’ve been taking Aldosterone therapy for about 2 months now. My hearing loss came from many things. Much came from loud noise over my lifetime, but I came down with Meniere’s disease about a year ago, and the hearing loss greatly accelerated.
The Aldosterone gave me back clarity of hearing, but only a little volume. Make no mistake any improvement is huge when your ears are as bad as mine are. Also my drop attacks and weird dizziness are completely gone!
Obviously, Aldosterone is not a complete cure for hearing problems, but just improving clarity of hearing (improved discrimination) is a wonderful blessing in itself.
Also, it seems that Aldosterone can help fix a damaged balance system. For example, reducing the frequency of, or totally eliminating, drop attacks is certainly another blessing. (Drop attacks are where, without warning, you suddenly lose your balance and fall to the floor. This typically happens in people with severe cases of Meniere’s disease.)
If you are interested in Aldosterone therapy either contact Dr. Jonathan Wright (see above link) or work with your doctor while you are on this therapy so bad things don’t happen to you. With Aldosterone, as with other body hormones, too much of a good thing can quickly become a bad thing.
Hello to all concerned, I was reading another website about Dr Wright’s use of aldosterone. A physician had just seen Dr Wright speak about this protocol and he had mentioned that Dr Wright’s preferred delivery system for the aldosterone was by way of a topically applied cream. This is the first time I have seen this mentioned anywhere.The problem ,the physician stated, is that aldosterone prepared this way was @$800.00 a month and was not covered by insurance. It might as well be on the moon for the rest of us.It could be the digestive tract destroys or weakens the hormone (only my guess).Affordable aldosterone is to my knowledge only available a one Canadian Pharmacy at about $150.00 a month.My drop attacks are still gone. I am going to try going off the treatment for about a week to see how my hearing is effected. Thank you, Dr Bauman as my introduction to this therapy came from you and life is much better for me personally because this hormone helps. Sincerely ,Rick Walter
I suffer with tinnitus x 4 years. Have spent over 20thousand dollars trying to find someone to help. I also have 80% hearing loss in my right ear. I am 54 yrs old. Do you think aldostereno could help.
Hello to all, this will be my final input on the subject of aldosterone therapy. In conclusion I have been off the treatment for some time now. I truly believe my inital hearing loss and vertigo attacks were brought about by many factors. Stress, temprature where I worked ,poor diet,high anxiety, low blood sugar, were all present for some time before the attacks started. I took the aldosterone and at first it did surely give me better definition and speech understanding.My drop attacks also stopped. But it gave no measureable improvements on my hearing tests. My feet also would swell and become painful. I stopped taking the aldosterone after my short term memory became very noticably worse. This condition has improved since I stopped. It appears the causes of hearing loss are many and this is a hit or miss proposition. I have been on a very high quality vitimin plan and have never had another drop attack.My ability to tolerate sodium has returned to almost normal My hearing is now stable(lousy but I have adapted). I cannot say if this might help someone else but it sure is worth a try. May all of you find some type of relief. Very Best, Rick Walter
Aldosterone supplements are available at reasonable cost from Bell brand,via retail outlets, see;
http://www.canadianvitaminshop.com/epages/Store.sf?ObjectPath=/Shops/Vitaminshop9db&ViewAction=ViewProduct&ObjectId=3865902&Category=3830188#
JT
I began aldosterone about 6 weeks ago and so far no improvement in my hearing. But I have had an increase in the ringing in my ears for two weeks now and I’m wondering if it could be related to either the cinnamon or allicin or oil of oregano supplements I began taking a couple of weeks ago for a pernicious digestive condition. Would you know?I’d be grateful for any help.
Hi Shulamis:
There are no guarantees that Aldosterone will give you back any lost hearing, but it is worth a try to see if it will work for you. Since there is no change, you may choose to discontinue the Aldosterone.
I don’t see the supplements you are taking as making your tinnitus worse. There is an outside chance they are, but I think you will have to look elsewhere for the cause of your tinnitus.
You could always stop taking them for a couple of weeks and see if your tinnitus goes away or reduces. If so, then take them again and if it comes back, you know one or more of them is affecting your tinnitus.
Cordially,
Neil