I Took 50 mg of Niacin and It Brought on Tinnitus

Has this ever happened to anybody here.... I took 50mg of niacin about 1 week ago and continued with 50mg for a couple of days but the then realized the sudden tinnitus started after a couple days on Niacin. I stopped taking niacin and switched to Vit B100.

Should I not take Vit B supplements. I read about all the wonderful benefits of Niacin from cholesterol control, to anxiety relief and many others.

Now I am wondering if I get off these B Vit's all together will the tinnitus disappear.

I am on a very low dose of 5 mg Sandoz-bisoprolol for mild blood pressure control.

Would this tinnitus be an interaction of niacin with this beta-blocker?

Thanks to all who reply.

Brian

 

I have no answer to your question, but I hope your tinnitus goes away.
I would stop the BVit's, and see what happends. IMHO
Once

 

Update : My T has reduced 95% I researched the internet for a long time and found a conversation here



at reddit . About half way down the page :

musashiXXX
221 points · 3 years ago


This is one variation of a Taoist exercise called "Beating the Heavenly Drum". The other variation (the first one I ever heard of) is when you push the Tragus (ear flap thing) over your Cavum (ear hole thing) with your index fingers, then with your middle finger tap the fingernail of your index finger. You cover both ears at the same time, but alternate between tapping left/right/left/right, sort of like a Newton's Cradle

This worked for me first try in the right ear. I had to do it several times on the left ear but I got it to work. I can't explain it but I am so relieved it worked. It may not work for others but what the heck give it a try.

 

Welcome to the forum. Glad that you find something that works for your type of tinnitus. There are many roads leading to Rome. So with the many different causes of tinnitus. some people will find something that will work for their type of T but not others. So we can never say there is no cure for T. There are always the exceptions. Good for you and happy that you find relief. If your condition continues to improve, perhaps consider writing a success story. People may not have exact same T as you but just reading that you get help by doing a simple tapping over the ears will give people hope. This is so simple that people can always try it with nothing to lose. Congratulation and welcome again. God bless.

 

Thanks for your reply's . These techniques seem to offer some temporary relief at best, I was encouraged at first with some relief, but, today its back again. I guess I will just have to learn coping skills . Learning to deal with the anxiety of living with constant high pitch noise is going to be very difficult, because I have always loved silence more that just about anything else. I have not seen a Doctor about this maybe that should be my next step.

 

I'm sorry that this happened to you. I take prescription niacin daily. It's an extended release tablet (500 mg). I started taking it after I got tinnitus and I don't think it has affected the volume of my tinnitus. Everyone is different. It's possible that niacin caused your tinnitus, but more likely, it could be the beta-blocker that you're taking. Those are known to be ototoxic/correlated with tinnitus onset.

 

Thanks DNL , I never knew that Bisoprolol could cause tinnitus . I had never experience it before until it started 2 weeks ago. I had been taking this drug for 5 years. About 6 months ago I slowly reduced from 5 mg to 2.5 mg and I have been staying at that dose . I just looked it up and there is a lot of info that this drug may cause tinnitus . I need to talk to my Dr about getting off this drug. Thanks again.