Questions about certain medications

Hi all, I have questions about the ototoxicity of certain drugs. A simple google search has provided nothing conclusive for any of these, but I guess folks here are more likely to be in the know!

Firstly, I have been taking Migraleve pink as needed when having migraines. I know paracetamol is OK but what about codeine (specifically codeine phosphate) and buclizine hydrochloride?

Also, I have recently been prescribed Amoxicillin to reduce swelling after a dental operation. I know I really ought to take it, but I've heard horror stories about antibiotics. Safe or no go?

 

Yo folks I would appreciate an answer. The antibiotics question is urgent.

 

I've only heard the opposite about lidocaine. That it can reduce and even completely take away T temporarily. I think it even was because of dental operations this was discovered.

 

I cannot tell you what you what you should do, but I can tell you what I would do (in your situation). I would not take wide spectrum antibiotics for a speculative/preventive infection. Antibiotics should be used for a concrete diagnosis. That said, the wide spectrum antibiotics that must be avoided are the ones where the produce name ends in -mycin.

Paracetamol = no problem.
Codeine = no problem.

(Generally pain killers are not a problem unless taken for a long, long time at high doses...)

But instead of asking us the questions above, why not ask your physician...?

 

Tell you the truth? I feel kinda silly... I know a lot of docs still view T as no big deal, and of course they would say I should still take my meds.

 

@lapidus. There's a very active member on this forum who got T after the use of lidocaine during a dental procedure... Just FYI

 

Did not know that, thanks for info. I tell ya, these hearing issues just get more and more complex to me

 

My T has been louder since the first dental op (w/ lidocaine) and I'm going to have another in a few days. Is there anything to be done? I can't very well have the operation without aneasthesia, and I can't ignore the problem forever...

 

I don't know but you could start a new thread asking about lidocaine specifically and probably get some responses from people who have experienced it.