Ototoxic Drugs: Drugs That Cause Tinnitus

All things between the outermost planet in our galaxy and tellus can create T. I think this drug lead is prove of that. In other words its a bit over the top.

 

Naproxen made my tinnitus worse. I took only one 500 mg tablet. I will never ever take this medicine again.

It has been now 5 days after taking the medicine and irritation has decreased a little. I still hope it settles at the normal levels, which was somewhat bearable.

So be careful with Naproxec (Pronaxen). If you consider taking it, I suggest you to reconsider, or to start with a very low dosage.

I have been very careful e.g. with loud noises because of tinnitus and can't come up with any other reason for the exacerbation than Naproxen.

 

The drugs don't work.

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

 

I don't know much about this but can ototoxic drugs give you a hearing loss (outer hair cell damage) and therefore you are more likely to experience tinnitus or does it directly give you tinnitus? And if so, is it reversible once you stop taking them?

 

As it is not at the moment possible to view the hair cells expt with an autopsy of a dead body, i really wonder how they came to the conclusion a medecine could be ototoxic.

 

Probably by testing on animals.

 

I took naproxen for 22days made mine worse been 2 months and it been really loud

 

I take cipralex and clonazepam. Are those safe?

 

I've taken clonazepam before never hurt me.helped take the edge off

 

I'll ask my shrink about it tomorrow.

 

Uh, Karen, I just checked and Cipralex and Lexapro are the same drug.

 

Just to restate my situation, I have bilateral otosclerosis and the T is prominent in my right ear which was subject to a failed stapedectomy. In my left ear, the T is almost negligible. My audiologist has no problems with me using cipralex.

 

Hi, I didn't know most cortisone creams were ototoxic! I use them sometimes as I have dermatitis.....should I stop using it and will stopping use of the cream reduce tinnitus or do steroid/cortisone creams make it permanent?

 

Thanks for the link, hopefully I'm not part of that 0.01% that experiences ototoxicity from cipralex/lexapro.

 

About a week ago I took my last Calan (on the list for BP) and something wonderful happened. Just before noon, when my T always seemed to 'kick in,' it didn't. It stayed low and since then I've been feeling a lot better not hearing my T all day. My BP was only ever slightly elevated and I knocked it down with intense exercise. So thank you Calan for lowering my blood pressure but darn you for getting in my head.

 

IWLM, that's great news!!!

 

I was prsicrbe Cleatin for my etd alog with flonase will this increase my chances of permanent t

 

I've been sick for two weeks with a creeping cold/flu/congestion, so totally out of it...finally having to take antibiotics which scares the hell out of me due to the "bad history" I have with that lot. Chose Doxycycline as Azithromycin is super effective but it makes my ringing even more crazy in about 15 minutes. No way I will touch that one again!!! Anyway, recovering enough to pass this along as it is excellent.

A nurse friend with tinnitus sent me this article and list of ototoxic drugs c/o Italian update on the whole subject. It's a bit long but no wasted garbage in my reading. Good solid review and a clear call to doctors worldwide to be more aware of the ototoxic dangers of many, many drugs commonly prescribed. There is then a comprehensive list of a LOT of meds/drugs. Most everything of note is in there, or in the added sub-indexes at the bottom. In the main list, remember that a "1" is the worst and a "4" is the least ototoxic. The results match my own extensive research over the years on this subject better than most lists I have seen.

http://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/956.pdf

I did a search on here (TT) to see if someone had posted it already, but found no matches for the title. It looks like it is from 2011 and updated from their definitive list of 2005. So this is probably as good as we are going to get for now. Apologies though if someone posted this already.

best, Zimichael

 

My last question for today - I promise!

I'm going to the ENT tomorrow,and since I'm still having sinus issues,I'm sure he'll want to give me something. I do know that certain drugs out there make tinnitus worse,and was wondering if there's a comprehensive list anyone knows of that has all the (currently known) drugs that cause this? specifically the antibiotics,in case they want to prescribe me one,so I can throw it back at them that I want to try something else if it's caused problems for other T. sufferers.

 

Thanks again!

Holy Jeez... seems like everything out there is ototoxic!

 

Is bethamethasone ototoxic? Or alprazolam?

 

How about a list of drugs and alternatives that are not known to be ototoxic?

 

6-months ago, I woke with tinnitus in one ear and significant loss of smell/taste. I had a MRI, which showed no tumors, and I saw two ENT's at Mayo-Dr. Breen and Dr. O'brien. Hearing test showed mod-severe loss. The ENT doctors set me up to see a Neurologist since is seems two nerve passages are affected. If you have any experience or knowledge of this condition please respond. I don't take any medications known to cause T.

 

I was given Betazol G cream which has among its ingredients gentamicin 0.1% and Betamethasone Dipropionate 0.05% and also Miconazole Nitrate 2%. I was also given by another doctor Otocol ear drops for the same condition, this one has Benzocaine and Chloramphenicol. Any advice on these is appreciated, which is better or less toxic to take and if they are really bad what can I take instead for an infection in the ear canal? Thanks again for your replies