Meniere's Disease sufferers have been helped by taking an antiviral, such as acyclovir.  This is listed as an L2 in Dr. Hale's book.
There was a long term study done by Japanese doctors on hundreds of Meniere's patients in the early 90's showing great success using acyclovir.  The reputable House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles has been doing a study using Famvir, which is also an antiviral.  These meds are listed for herpes and shingles, which are viral as well.
 
Go to:  www.menieres.com  then to the Meniere's Talk Message Boards, then to the Living Room.  You can search this subject by putting in breastfeed,  or antiviral.  
 
Most patients go to an ENT and are prescribed a litany of drugs - Valium, diuretic, antinausea, antihistamine, even steroids to mask the dizzy symptoms.  These do not cure the patient.  Meniere's does come on with stress, but in the same manner that a virus, such as the common cold, can invade when your body is stressed in any manner.  When Meniere's goes into remission, the person can return to a normal life.  When the Meniere's is active, one never knows when an attack will present itself. 
 
To officially be known to have Meniere's disease is quite pricey as it is a diagnosis of exclusion.  Patients are given an MRI with contrast to look for a tumor, an electronystagmography to gage the dizziness and view the nystagmus (oscillation of the eyes), and an audiologist tests for hearing loss and tinnitus as patients will have endolymphatic hydrops (fluid) in the labyrinth of the inner ear.
 
Sometimes, the problem is not Meniere's, but still the person is extremely dizzy.  Go to:   <http://www.vestibular.org/bppv.html> http://www.vestibular.org/bppv.html
to read about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.  Then, one needs a Canalith Repositioning Procedure, also known as the Epily Maneuver, done by a trained medical person.
 
Hope this helps your client, Pat.  Certainly, it would be best to breastfeed!
 
Laurie Owens, IBCLC
Collier County Breastfeeding Coordinator
Naples, Florida  USA
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