Can Taurine Really Silence Your Tinnitus? What You Need to Know

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Research shows that taurine acts as a partial agonist at inhibitory receptors (GABA and glycine), which helps restore inhibitory tone in the auditory pathway. Studies in animals found that high-dose taurine significantly attenuated chronic tinnitus, with effects reversing after treatment stopped. Human pilot data is limited—only 12% of people responded positively to taurine supplementation in one small study.

Animal studies used doses equivalent to 700 mg to 3.2 grams daily. Typical supplemental ranges are 500-1000 mg once or twice daily, though effects develop gradually over weeks to months.

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