Please guide me if the cocktail of medicines I am taking can become ototoxic

[Sameer advani]

Hi ever sicnr I got tinnitus over. 2 yrs ago I have been living a normal life. , doing all the wrong things I used to do including going to parties having loud music(obviously with ear plugs ) ... Here in india we have a lot of house parties where a dj is hired to play ,so obviously there is a lot of loud music ......the consequence of all that has been that my tinnitus has become ten times louder than what it was when it started ...I was not taking any medication then and now I am taking a whole host of medication ....can any one please tell me if their interaction can become ototoxic and increase my tinnitus ...I am taking. Vitamin b,vitamin e , vitamin c , vitamin d3,multivitamin,gensing, ginkgo biloba,lipo flavonoids,reservarol,magnesium , zinc ,omega 369', vertins, blood pressure medicine amlodipine,cholesterol medicine atorvastatin, and before sleeping a melatonin...15 tablets in all ....all these medicines I read on the net r helping many people to bring their tinnitus down.

 

[carol kane]

Atrovastatin may be ototoxic ... it can be associated with hearing loss, be careful!!

 

[Jeff M.]

DUDE, that is quite a cocktail brother!!! That seems excessive, but I am by no means a doctor!! You should consult a medical doctor and a nutritionist. Some of the "herbal" supplements like Ginseng & Ginko can jack with BP meds, also might tweak you adding in the atorvastatin! How long have you been taking all of these, and have you experienced positive results??? Or gnarly side effects ???

 

[Sameer advani]

My tinnitus has been loud as ever ...have been having these meds for about a month ....I need to strengthen my ears somehow so I can continue partying with earplugs so that I don't have any further hearing loss but The moment it only going up and up .... Doctors here don't have an idea of what tinnitus is all about I have to teach them ....most of the above medicines are those which I have read from the net which other sufferers are having to manage their t ...so exept for the anti anxiety tabs I am now trying all the others ....

 

[Dr. Ancill]

Hi ever sicnr I got tinnitus over. 2 yrs ago I have been living a normal life. , doing all the wrong things I used to do including going to parties having loud music(obviously with ear plugs ) ... Here in india we have a lot of house parties where a dj is hired to play ,so obviously there is a lot of loud music ......the consequence of all that has been that my tinnitus has become ten times louder than what it was when it started ...I was not taking any medication then and now I am taking a whole host of medication ....can any one please tell me if their interaction can become ototoxic and increase my tinnitus ...I am taking. Vitamin b,vitamin e , vitamin c , vitamin d3,multivitamin,gensing, ginkgo biloba,lipo flavonoids,reservarol,magnesium , zinc ,omega 369', vertins, blood pressure medicine amlodipine,cholesterol medicine atorvastatin, and before sleeping a melatonin...15 tablets in all ....all these medicines I read on the net r helping many people to bring their tinnitus down.

Most of these are OK. If you have an element of pulsatile tinnitus, then Gingko might make it worse by increasing the blood flow through the inner ear. Flavinoids are probably a waste of time. B Vitamins are not stored in the body and are excreted in the urine so you a literally 'pissing your money away'. Take the medicines your doctor tells you are necessary and dump the rest.

 

[Dr. Ancill]

My tinnitus has been loud as ever ...have been having these meds for about a month ....I need to strengthen my ears somehow so I can continue partying with earplugs so that I don't have any further hearing loss but The moment it only going up and up .... Doctors here don't have an idea of what tinnitus is all about I have to teach them ....most of the above medicines are those which I have read from the net which other sufferers are having to manage their t ...so exept for the anti anxiety tabs I am now trying all the others ....

Actually, Doctors have a pretty good idea what tinnitus is about but they don't have a 'cure' and neither does anybody else. Stop looking and learn to distract yourself and allow your brain to habituate.