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    Just Joined — Not Happy... Hearing Issues?

    difficult too, to exercise on diovan.. i walk 30 minutes a day, but leg pains from the medication, are well known.. horrible..
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    Just Joined — Not Happy... Hearing Issues?

    hi i never had any blood pressure levels of these types, until paxil /seroxat entered my system. have been withdrawing from this, for a long number of years now, which is associated with pretty significant hypotension.. yes, it's diovan i am on.. ears absolutely dulled beyond belief now...
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    hearing impairment..

    wouldnt be able to hear it... now i am in a bit of a state.. took my blood pressure last night, 2.35 am.. best i could get was 172/106....!!!!!!!!!!!! its been 130/90 last week, but the worry over my hearing has ramped it waaaaay up.. i definitely have to keep going with the ear drops, its 10...
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    hearing impairment..

    question being. will they syringe on day 6?
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    hearing impairment..

    karen paxil unlike prozac, isnt listed as ototoxic karen. i have been on it for 11 years, tapering for 9... started at 20mgs now at 3.7mgs.. never noticed anything up until lansoprazole and valsartan.. 2.45am couldnt hear myself breathing in bed, ear drops have made things a lot worse.. stress...
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    hearing impairment..

    is it possible to go pretty hard of hearing from wax alone.. have never had it to this extent, albeit over 50 now..
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    hearing impairment..

    certainly become a multiple times worse, since yesterday's start of ear drops.. not sleeping an iota, thanks to paxil withdrawal but hearing your own heart all night, because of hearing loss, has taken things to a new level.. :(
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    hearing impairment..

    yes karen.. lansoprazole is listed on some research today, definitely as ototoxic. http://www.abbott.ca/static/cms_workspace/en_CA/content/document/HP-PAC-PM-05MAR13.pdf so, may i ask you, is it possible to use a non ace inhibitor to lower blood pressure, on a non ototoxic basis?? are there...
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    hearing impairment..

    certainly profound more or less on one side, but thats after a couple of days of drops..
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    hearing impairment..

    suppose karen i am at the point, after 4 months of use, wondering if its the ace inhibitor, or the proton pump inhibitor!!! i am not taking either at least until next monday, until i get my ears syringed.. then after the wax goes hopefully, i will have a clear indication of how my ears are. if...
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    hearing impairment..

    i am getting a little ringing yes, but only because i thought as a result of my pretty bad wax..
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    hearing impairment..

    very kind of you karen.. thank you very much.. yes, i am on both medications, one for reflux and the other, high blood pressure as a result of paxil withdrawal!!!! LOVELY cocktail!!!! only thing is karen, despite neither medication, being on the ototoxic list, many are saying they should be?? is...
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    Just Joined — Not Happy... Hearing Issues?

    hello my name is david, 51, i have been getting some decided progressive hearing impairment, over the last 4 months, since starting taking 2 medications. one is a proton pump inhibitor, lansoprazole and the other, an ace inhibitor, valsartan.. been getting worse.. YES, i have a lot of wax in...
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    hearing impairment..

    hi just joined, i have been using 2 medications for around 3/4 months now. one is a proton pump inhibitor called lansoprazole and the other, an ace inhibitor called valsartan.. i am getting some decided hearing impairment on my good ear, along with tenderness in both i would say.. is this...