Metronidazole Caused My Tinnitus: I Now Have Constant Shushing

[Pamela Rayner]

I have just completed a weeks 3 times a day course of Metronidazole tablets and have a constant shushing which I have discovered could be a form of tinnitus. Has anyone else experienced this with this medication...?

 

[jimH]

@Pamela Rayner,

"Ear congestion" is listed under the "less common possible side-effects" by the Mayo Clinic:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/metronidazole-oral-route/side-effects/DRG-20064745



There are also two case files regarding the ototoxicity of Metronidazole and temporary hearing loss:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour...of-two-cases/D95B09EA00941FE452BABA31EE35CF37

 

[RayX]

Hi Pamela,

I did a 10 day 3x500mg course of Metronidazole. Unfortunately the medication had no positive effect, just side effects. My tinnitus spiked through the roof. It has been 2.5 months now and there were a couple of good days but most of the time it's been very loud. I've tried a lot of things but nothing seems to have a noticeable effect.

Hope you have better results.

Ray

 

[quietatnight]

@RayX

I saw your post and was just wondering how you are doing? I only took one dose of this and I stopped. I'm hoping that things will settle back down soon. Please let me know how things came out for you.

Thank You

Louie
Quietatnight

 

[RayX]

Hi Louie,

It's been 3,5 months since the metronidazol caused the extreme tinnitus. I regret to say that things have only become very slightly better. The inner ear pressure is a little less for example. But the tinnitus is still very very loud, I hear multiple different sounds. I'm also still very tired. It affects my life a lot.

Hope you're doing better.

Ray

 

[Ryan Edwards]

Unfortunately for me, I took Metronidazole in November for a week for a water works issue (which it sorted) but it spiked my tinnitus and 2 months on is still a lot worse than it used to be :-(

 

[vermillion]

Speaking of Metronidazole, could anybody provide some insight on Sulfamethoxazole antibiotic?

I was prescribed that for prostatitis which is giving me a hard time (as if my ears were not enough).

Does it fall on the same class of antibiotics as Metronidazole? Or the other -azole drugs such as antimycotics?

I dare not to touch it. I got this hell from Fluconazole.

Is Sulfamethoxazole linked with those drugs? Is it ototoxic?