Comment · Tue, April 23, 2019
Pycnogenol supplementation may help to alleviate tinnitus, particularly in cases associated with reduced blood flow to the inner-ear. Although the dose-response relationship hasn’t been thoroughly explored, supplementation in the range of 100-150 mg/ day appears to be effective.
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OceanFixNow99 · 6 points
To examine whether pycnogenol treatment may help reduce tinnitus symptoms when used in conjunction with standard Meniere’s disease therapies, 55 patients taking pycnogenol at 150 mg/day were compared to 52 patients on standard therapy only.[35]
The patients taking pycnogenol had the most improvement in tinnitus symptoms at both 3 month and 6 month follow-ups.
At 3 months, 45% of pycnogenol subjects were symptom-free, compared to only 23% of controls.
The positive effects were even more pronounced after 6 months, with 87% of patients taking pycnogenol reporting that they were symptom-free vs. only 35% of controls.
Although subjective tinnitus scale did decrease in both groups, this was most pronounced in the pycnogenol group.[35]
- https://examine.com/supplements/pycnogenol/#cardiovascular-health_tinnitus
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24988090
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20657537
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Yes, we have looked into pine bark extract before. We were just deciding on doing a generic one, or the trademarked Pycnogenol one.