Tinnitus Caused by Neomycin Otic Suspension!

I've had tinnitus for 3 years now caused by a prescribed otic suspension of Neomycin with Polymixin B Sulfates and Hydrocortisone. An ENT prescribed it to me when I was having an episode of vertigo which he tried to fix in his office by a motion maneuver but actually made it worse and made me screen bloody murder. I have just recently gone to another ENT for relief of my tinnitus because although it's been annoying it has only recently become more than annoying. To find out that I have to live with this is heart breaking and depressing. I used to only hear it in quiet times but now I hear it even over conversation. I'm angry and also feeling hopeless.

 

Same story here.. I believe Neomycin ear drop induced T is the most terrible type. I feel what you are going through.
May I ask where you are located?Apparently, neomycin ear drops are too commonly prescribed in NZ and Australia.

 

This just happened to me. I had an ear infection & doc prescribed these ear drops. The following morning my ear had "closed" & I had tinnitus. My balance is so bad that I cannot drive my car. Going grocery shopping is very hard. I also have a twitching in my cheek. I'm so scared that this is permanent! I just found out that the oral antibiotic also causes this. ...so I was on two medicines that are octotoxic. How can they deafen me and get away with it?

 

Did you have a perforation when you used the drops? Has your balance been affected? How loud is your tinnitus?

 

Hello
My husband is now suffering from T as well after using same drops. While researching about tinnitus and the neomycin poly HC drops, I came accross this forum. The ENT doctor said the T is not from the drops. But based on your experience, it seems this otic solution is really causing T. What do you think?
Appreciate your response.

 

Hi. Here is an article I found on this subject:

http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bilat/ototoxic_drops.htm

 

Hello Tuneout,

Thanks for the article you shared. Do you personally believe the Neomycin is causing ringing in the ears?

 

My husband has same experience as yours. Is your T healed now?

 

I also have tinnitus as a result of ear spray Otomize which contains Neomycin.

My ENT specialist says it's not possible without a perforation but it came on immediately on using the spray!

 

This is how mine started. 4 months ago I accidentally went too far with a q-tip and caused a little rupture in my left eardrum. I went to a fast doctor center and was seen by a practitioner who said I didn't have a hole in my eardrum, despite all the symptoms. I was suffering with bad psoriasis in my ears at the time. I think that helped him miss the rupture somehow. He prescribed me those Neomycin ear drops and said to follow up with my regular doctor.

10 days later with a worsening condition, and an empty bottle of Neomycin ear drops, I went to see my regular doctor. She looks in my ear and sees a small hole that the earlier practitioner missed.

Long story short, I find out I'm basically deaf in my left ear now, besides the wind tunnel that moved in my ear.

I went from no hearing loss that I could tell for 42 years, to practically deaf in 1 ear overnight.

I'm only on month 4 of this and I'm still so angry and annoyed.