Main Outcome Measure Clinical features of mal de debarquement syndrome. Neither meclizine hydrochloride nor transdermal scopolamine was helpful. Benzodiazepines were of the most benefit. Conclusions More than double the number of previously reported cases of mal de debarquement syndrome were identified by this study. The syndrome usually occurs in middle-aged women following an ocean cruise.
Symptoms are often refractory to vestibular suppressants as well as physical therapy.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Accepted for publication November 20, 1998. Presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology meeting, St Petersburg Beach, Fla, February 3, 1997. All rights reserved.