Treating vocal fold
insufficiency and dysphonia

Appropriate treatment options for dysphonia, which may be caused by vocal fold insufficiency, include:

• Voice therapy, to improve phonation¹:
  • Voice therapy can be used as an adjunct to surgical methods
• Education and therapy to eliminate behaviors harmful to phonation¹
• Therapy to improve behavior-related phonatory problems, such as reduced voice volume in Parkinson’s disease

Appropriate treatment options for vocal fold insufficiency include:

• PROLARYN GEL or PROLARYN PLUS

In addition to diagnostic parameters, the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery guidelines discuss evidence-based studies to reduce the use of once-common but inappropriate treatments. Historically, these treatments had been used without clinical evidence, but growing data have shown that they may not be as efficacious as once thought or may be associated with adverse events that outweigh the benefit.¹

These guidelines recommend that the following therapies should not be prescribed routinely:

• Corticosteroids, due to adverse events and an overwhelming lack of evidence of efficacy¹
• Antibiotics, due to ineffectiveness and a preponderance of harm that outweighs benefit¹
• Antireflux medication—without signs or symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)—due to the known adverse effects and limited evidence of benefit¹