My rheumatologist gave me a new Rx and it says tinnitus is a common side effect. The med is a type of antihistamine (prescription). It also warns of cognitive confusion, drowsiness, etc... but it was the tinnitus that scared me.
I just got over a ten day tinnitus run from taking a supplement that doesn't even list tinnitus as a side effect. (I tried it twice, the first time took a week to go away, the second time, 10 days. Horrible!)
Normally I get reactive tinnitus with sounds, or allergic reactions that resolve in a couple of hours. Otherwise my tinnitus is resting at nil or a very low level, so this last "run" was extremely distressing.
I am caught between not wanting to risk even a drop of something that might give me more tinnitus. But if I don't try this she has even more aggressive ideas for a med.
Try it or not? I hear stories of people who took one pill that set them off.
Since this is also listed as ototoxic, am I crazy to try it? Or being totally unrealistic?
Have others been in this position?
I just got over a ten day tinnitus run from taking a supplement that doesn't even list tinnitus as a side effect. (I tried it twice, the first time took a week to go away, the second time, 10 days. Horrible!)
Normally I get reactive tinnitus with sounds, or allergic reactions that resolve in a couple of hours. Otherwise my tinnitus is resting at nil or a very low level, so this last "run" was extremely distressing.
I am caught between not wanting to risk even a drop of something that might give me more tinnitus. But if I don't try this she has even more aggressive ideas for a med.
Try it or not? I hear stories of people who took one pill that set them off.
Since this is also listed as ototoxic, am I crazy to try it? Or being totally unrealistic?
Have others been in this position?
