Medicine That Can Cause Tinnitus or Make It Worse?

[RicoS]

If your tinnitus is noise induced will for example Ibuprofen make it worse or Ibuprofen can cause tinnitus???
Same with all other painkillers etc ....
I read this a lot on this forum but I cannot make out if it makes matters worse or when you do not have T can cause T.
Please enlighten me!

 

[Ilija]

Generally otoxic drugs can cause and worsen Tinnitus, now I'm not sure if it's one ibuprofen or a lot of them but I wouldn't risk it.

I thought weed couldn't do anything and now I'm hearing some sounds louder probably because of the THC in my system.
Don't risk it, not worth at all.

 

[Lisa88]

Everyone is different and reacts differently to each medication.
Most all medications have the potential to cause t as a side effect, if the person is vulnerable to it. And therefore have the potential to exacerbate t.
The ototoxic list is a smaller list and means meds causing hearing damage. T may or may not be a symptom of this.

 

[Marlene]

I was told by a chemist to avoid this ,when I told him I had T also pointed out not good if you have high BP .,same for the gels for inflammation for aches .Pays to ask chemist ,as they know heck of a lot ,rather than steam ahead and use things of the shelf ,my husband has T also asthmatic ,things he can't have in regards to asthma ,as to contents in say cough linctus / syrup .

 

[RicoS]

I understand this, but if T is noice induced and before T i used ibuprofen and did not get it , would it make it worse..... I do not use it now what so ever but I realy want to know if this only regarding people who T was induced by medicine in the first place.
When a gun shot causes tinnitus why should ibuprofen or any other medicine make it worse?

 

[RicoS]

And I do not mean only ibuprofen but any other medicine that's on our banlist.

 

[Larry OT]

I had mild tinnitus caused by acoustic tramas. Then a combo of meds and sinus issue probably tipped the scale into raging tinnitus. Or my Harley ate more cochlear hairs on my rides with earbuds rockin.
A smaller dose of ibprofen shouldn't cause any porblem though. I had some and it didn't increase T for me. But careful about larger doses, we are now more sensitized for damage.
But don't shoot the Messinger!