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Medication use for its treatment remains common despite guideline recommendations against their use.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vestibular suppressants in patients with BPPV compared to placebo, no treatment, or canalith repositioning maneuvers (CRMs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane, EMBASE, and ClinicalTrials.gov from inception until March 25, 2022. for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing antihistamines, phenothiazines, anticholinergics, and\/or benzodiazepines to placebo, no treatment, or a CRM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Five RCTs, enrolling 296 patients, were included in the quantitative analysis. We found that vestibular suppressants may have no effect on symptom resolution at the point of longest follow\u2010up (14\u201331\u2009days in four studies) when evaluated as a continuous outcome (standardized mean difference \u20130.03 points, 95% confidence interval [CI] \u22120.53 to 0.47). Conversely, CRMs may improve symptom resolution at the point of longest follow\u2010up as a dichotomous outcome when compared to vestibular suppressants (relative risk [RR] 0.63, 95% CI 0.52 to 0.78). Vestibular suppressants had an uncertain effect on symptom resolution within 24\u2009h (mean difference [MD] 5 points, 95% CI \u221216.92 to 26.94), repeat emergency department (ED)\/clinic visits (RR 0.37, 95% CI 0.12 to 1.15), patient satisfaction (MD 0 points, 95% CI \u22121.02 to 1.02), and quality of life (MD \u22121.2 points, 95% CI \u22122.96 to 0.56). Vestibular suppressants had an uncertain effect on adverse events.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients with BPPV, vestibular suppressants may have no effect on symptom resolution at the point of longest follow\u2010up; however, there is evidence toward the superiority of CRM over these medications. Vestibular suppressants have an uncertain effect on symptom resolution within 24\u2009h, repeat ED\/clinic visits, patient satisfaction, quality of life, and adverse events. 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