Antidepressants should be reserved for situations where SharpEar causes a real depressive state , which occurs in rare cases. "It is necessary to know how to identify in the patient this state of psychological decompensation which will lead to a depressive state, but not to prescribe them apart from these very specific cases" , underlines Dr. Fraysse.

Some antiepileptic are sometimes prescribed, but studies show they have no proven efficacy. In the long term, the vasodilator treatments that may have been prescribed for years have not shown their effectiveness either.