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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Repurposing Renin-Angiotensin System Drugs for the Treatment of Audiovestibular Disorders.

Grant Podhajsky, Kiran S Marla, Alec P Marticoff, Kenny Nguyen, Tanner Kempton, Sepehr Salehpour, Caden Duffy, Douglas M Bennion

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Grant PodhajskyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-0960-5065
Kiran S MarlaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Alec P MarticoffDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Kenny NguyenDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2858-1225
Tanner KemptonDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-7559-2771
Sepehr SalehpourDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Caden DuffyDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Douglas M BennionDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3394-7164

Funding

Univ of Iowa Department of Otolaryngology Schilling Resident Research Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Audiovestibular disorders arising from the inner ear (e.g., hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo) are widely prevalent in the United States. Yet, medical treatments targeting the underlying pathology of these disorders remain scarce. The practice of repurposing FDA-approved drugs for new therapeutic indications has become increasingly common, offering a lower risk route to treatment development with fewer barriers to implementation, as safety profiles are already established. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is well known for its role in blood pressure and fluid balance, and its overactivation induces acute and chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. This review discusses existing evidence and proposed otoprotective mechanisms of RAS inhibition, specifically using angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs), which support the repurposing of these medications as novel treatments to affect the inner ear pathologies that underlay hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo.

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angiotensin IIangiotensin II type 1 receptorblood-labyrinth barrierinflammationoxidative stressrenin–angiotensin systemsensorineural hearing losstinnitusvertigo

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PMID41598680
PMCPMC12841712

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