Amoxicillin / Josamycin — Ototoxic? Safe for Someone Who Has Tinnitus?

Hi all!

After “managing “my tinnitus for months, I am back having hard tim.

I took some antibiotic for a bacterial angina.

First Amoxicillin which did nothing (tinnitus and angina), 2 g per day for 5 days.

Then they gave me Josamycin, same dose of 2 g per day for 6 days.

Angina is gone but my tinnitus is now through the roof.

Could this medicine mess up with my ears?

I checked on internet and found no reports of ototoxicity!

Any advice will be welcome!

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8484488

I thought that all antibiotics ending in -cin are aminoglycosides, which are ototoxic.

The above article seems to say otherwise.

 

Yes mycins are generally ototoxic when given intravenously but less so when taken orally.

 

what about mycins in ear drop/ear spray form

 

It is not on
http://hlaa-sbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ototoxic_Brochure.pdf

Amoxicillin is the least ototoxic antibiotic. I have taken it and it hasn't resulted in any spikes.

 

To Jeremy06:
I was on Azithromycin and after the second day it made my tinnitus so explosive that I was ready to notify the Doctor that I had to stop.
However, I was notified that I had to complete the five day course, and I ran a gauntlet of tinnitus spikes.
There are numerous on line reports that this is a common side effect among various antibiotics.
They do leave the metabolism within 7 to 10 days, and I have not had any further such spikes.

 

Thx guys
I just went back to the doc .
The angina is not gone !

I have to take another round of antibiotic
Pristinamycin

I m really scared now !

 

How are you feeling now?