Patent ID: 8445461

Claim:
A method for treating Meniere's disease comprising administering to a patient suffering from Meniere's disease a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising the following components: (a) an amount of at least one compound selected from glycerol, erythritol, xylitol, xylose, and isosorbitol sufficient to treat Meniere's disease, and (b) at least one compound selected from polysaccharides, Wherein: A ratio by weight of the component (a) to the component (b) is about 100:2 to 100:50; If component (a) is isosorbitol at 100 parts by weight, then component (b) is not locust bean gum and/or xanthan gum at 2 parts by weight; and If component (a) is isosorbitol and component (b) is agar, the ratio by weight of the component (a) to the component (b) is about 100:10 to 100:50.