When someone finally notices the presence of ear noises in either one or two ears and asks, “Just what are those strange noises in my ear?” it is time to learn about persistent ear ringing, other tinnitus symptoms, and natural tinnitus treatment. At first, people even confuse tinnitus sounds and refer to it as “noise in my head” and don’t know that they need to help tinnitus.
While drugs can occasionally be used to dampen some ear noise problems, the fact is that very often it is over medication that is a cause of tinnitus. When this happens it is called being ototoxic (oto = ear, toxic = poison). For this reason, taking more medication just might make the tinnitus ototoxic connection stronger. Instead, a safe and reasonable way to get tinnitus help would be to use a natural treatment for tinnitus like vitamins, herbs, homeopathy or a combination of these. Even if drugs might not be on your list of possible ear noise causes, it is a good idea to review ototoxicity as well as those drugs that cause ototoxicity. .
Because even small doses of ototoxic drugs might delay or complicate your tinnitus recovery, it is important that you know the signs of ototoxicity:
1 – Noises in your ears on one or both sides.
2 – Worsening of ear noise or appearance of a new ear noise problems.
3 – Sense of fullness or pressure in the ears.
4 – Hearing loss or progression of an existing hearing loss.
5 – Vertigo or spinning sensation aggravated by motion.
Cause of tinnitus
Common drugs that can cause ear noise problems:
1 – Salicylates – Aspirin and products that contain aspirin (Alka-Seltzer, Calpol, Doan’s backache pills, Sudafed, etc.) Ototoxicity can occur after taking as few as 6-8 pills per day for a few days. Ototoxic effects are usually reversible after medication use is stopped.
2 – Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) – (Advil, Aleve, Anaprox, Clinoril, Feldene, Indocin, Lodine, Motrin, Nalfon, Naprosyn, Nuprin, Poradol, Voltarin, etc.) . Ototoxic tinnitus usually appears after consuming an average of 6-8 pills per day for several days . Ototoxic effects are usually reversible after medication use is stopped.
3 – Antibiotics – Aminoglycosides, Erythromycin, Vancomycin
a. Aminoglycosides – Streptomycin, Kanamycin, Neomycin, Gantamycin, Tobramysin, Amikacin, Netilmicin, are all ototoxic when administered intravenously, and for this reason the blood levels should be monitored to prevent ototoxicity. Topical applications and Neomycin and Gentamycin eardrops have not proven to be ototoxic in humans.
b. Erythromycin – EES, Eryc, E-mycin, Ilosone, Pediazole and often ototoxic when given intravenously at 2-4 gram doses per 24 hours. This is especially the case in the presence of an underlying kidney disease. Oral Erythromycin administered at one gram per 24 hours is not ototoxic.
c. Vancomycin – Vincocin when administered intravenously like aminoglycosides; in life-threatening situations such as serious infections, can be ototoxic. This likelihood of ototoxicity is increased because Vinocin is usually administered with the aminoglycosides, thus increasing the possibility of ototoxicity.
4 – Loop Diuretics – Bumex, Endecrin, Lasix
Loop diuretics can ne ototoxic if administered intravenously in cases of acute kidney failure and acute hypertension. Rare cases of ototoxicity to loop diuretics can develop when they are taken orally by people with chronic kidney disease in high dosages. .
5 – Chemotherapy Agents – Cisplatin, Nitrogen Mustard, Vincristine
Cancer medications can be ototoxic, especially when taken in combination with other ototoxic medications such as loop diuretics and aminoglycoside antibiotics.
6 – Quinine – Aralen, Atabrine, Legatrin, Q-Vel Muscle Relaxant
Ototoxic reaction of any drug containing quinine is similar to aspirin. Ototoxic effects are usually reversible after medication use is stopped.
Treatment for tinnitus is available for review using a wide assortment of natural tinnitus remedies. Contact Dr. Herazy at info@tinnitus-treatment-institute.com if you have a question.