Recent content by Shawn K

Has anyone ever read this article? The NO/ONOO– Cycle as the Etiological Mechanism of Tinnitus https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1e20/c4309e79f346a6b11e1cddbb7df3704b024f.pdf?_ga=2.148587251.594595316.1577857467-798807934.1577857467 Very interesting!

Yes, very interesting. I have pondered whether tinnitus may be related to low MAO levels due to genetic snips! I have snips in the two most prominent MAO A enzymes (RS6323 & RS1137070) which markedly reduce the amount of MAO A my body produces which is required to break down both serotonin and...

There is a very good study linking high serotonin levels with tinnitus. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdfExtended/S2211-1247(17)31098-7 In this study it is stated, "Tang and Trussell demonstrate that the neuromodulator serotonin shifts the representation of convergent auditory and...

In addition, there are a lot of published scientific articles linking increased levels of nitric oxide with tinnitus! Potassium nitrate is even sold as a supplement by Berkeley Life to increase nitric oxide.

The first time I ever experienced tinnitus in my life was after taking potassium nitrate as a supplement for several weeks to increase nitric oxide levels. For the past several years, it has become very obvious that increasing potassium nitrate increases tinnitus and decreasing potassium...

With regard to potassium nitrate (and/or sodium nitrite) increasing tinnitus, this is certainly possible. The body has two pathways to synthesize nitric oxide. The primary pathway is through nitric oxide synthase (NOS) which relies upon arginine and citrulline. The secondary pathway relies...