As an example a recent survey of physicians involved in the health-care of the elderly reported that 35% of the doctors considered hypertension a result of the aging process and that 25% of them felt that treating an 85-year-old for symptoms of hypertension would cause more harm than the benefits it would produce.
Dihydrocodeine is used as an alternative or adjunct to codeine for the aforementioned indications. It is available as the following salts, in approximate descending order of frequency of use: bitartrate, phosphate, hydrochloride, tartrate, hydroiodide, methyliodide, hydrobromide, sulfate, and thiocyanate.or use against pain, dihydrocodeine is usually formulated as tablets or capsules containing a quarter grain (15 or 16 mg) or a half grain (30 or 32 mg) with or without other active ingredients such as aspirin, paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, or others.
Betahistine dihydrochloride tablets are used to treat vertigo (giddiness), tinnitus (noises in the ear) and hearing loss, when these are associated with MeniereâmÃ¨niÃ©re s. Syndrome the drug helps to reduce the severity of the nausea and vertigo attacks that go with this. conditionistimine is thought to be involved in the dilation of blood vessels in the body and contraction of smooth muscle. Betahistine seems to work on the smooth muscle surrounding the blood vessels of the middle ear, improving blood flow, thus reducing the pressure in the ear.