Viagra and ED Meds

[Matt01]

My Tinnitus came on after a week away on holiday. However, when looking in to causes, the link to ED Meds jumped out at me, as I took a single Viagra pill around a week before this happened. I didn't notice anything at the time, so I believe any side effect was delayed. I spoke to my ENT, and he totally dismissed this, even though I said there had been links after reading some articles. Anybody else experienced this? Needless to say the rest of the course won't be taken. I just feel this had some input in to what happened, but I can't prove it. Even stranger is my hearing test was perfect, so am sort of at the end of the road for answers really. I was going to ask one of the Dr's opinions like Dr. Nagler, but as am new I don't have the forum privileges.

Best wishes,
Matt

 

[Telis]

It was the meds. You took a drug that can cause deafness and T, and you got T. I don't know what is so complicated about this for these doctors. Or maybe they would rather just look the other way.

 

[Markku]

I was going to ask one of the Dr's opinions like Dr. Nagler, but as am new I don't have the forum privileges.

Yes you do.

You cannot (nobody can) ask a question in the main area, where the answered questions are moved to:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/forums/dr-stephen-nagler.72/

But you can ask a question in the Ask a Question sub-forum:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/forums/ask-a-question.68/


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[Matt01]

Ok thanks. The scary thing is after tests, that's it now, just left with it, no identifiable cause, and even if it was linked to the meds as I suspect, nobody has a clue what might have happened, there is only internet supposition. Basically I either need to get used to this, or I need to be extremely lucky and hope it fades or goes. My only glimmer of hope on the latter now is that I apparently have no hearing loss, or at least in the standard frequencies they test, and I must admit my hearing seems absolutely fine.

 

[Matt01]

I just noticed Dr. Nagler responded and said the same as my ENT, he feels it's highly unlikely it wasn't a single low dosage ED pill. I guess I need to move on and focus on the positive. I do think it's wonderful that people like the Drs on here are prepared to contribute their time, and appreciated the quick response.

 

[Ron Robles]

OMG , so now they are saying for men not to use these ed drugs because they cause tinnitus or make it worst , you know you can ask any thing on the Internet and everything will cause tinnitus , just try it even meds for heart burn will do it , to crazy .

 

[Aaron123]

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety...ormationforPatientsandProviders/ucm106525.htm

Khan AS, Sheikh Z, Khan S, Dwivedi R, Benjamin E.Viagra deafness-Sensorineural hearing loss and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. Laryngoscope. 2011 May;121(5):1049-54. doi: 10.1002/lary.21450.

McGwin G. Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor Use and Hearing Impairment. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010;136(5):488-492

 

[Ron Robles]

To crazy I know a old man that uses them always and no problem.