Tinnitus Relief and Medicine – Medicines That Sometimes Cause Ringing Ears
If you’ve been suffering from tinnitus for a while, you have probably already discovered that there are lots of things that can cause your ringing ears. One of the more surprising potential causes of your tinnitus is the medications that you are taking. That’s right. It is actually possible that or more of the medications your doctor prescribes for you could be the cause (or at least one of the causes of) your tinnitus.
The connection between medications and ringing ears was certainly a surprise to me. The first I heard of it was when my nephew developed ringing ears from the drugs he took during chemotherapy for bone cancer. The doctors were able to completely eliminate the cancer, but part of the price he paid for his cure was long-term, likely permanent ringing ears.
To help you figure out if your medications might be causing your tinnitus, let me give you a list of the types of medications that can cause tinnitus. According to the Mayo Clinic, here are the types of drugs known to sometimes cause tinnitus or worsen existing cases of ringing ears:
- Antibiotics: Several antibiotics can cause problems, including chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, vancomycin and bleomycin
- Cancer medications: Some of these powerful medicines that can cause ringing ears include mechlorethamine and vincristine
- Diuretics: Bumetanide, ethacrynic acid, and furosemide
- Quinine medications and others (such as chloroquine) used to treat malaria
- Aspirin: When taken in extremely high doses (12 or more per day)
If you have tinnitus and are being treated with any one of these medications, you need to discuss the situation with your doctors. They may be able to change the way they are treating you and provide you with tinnitus relief at the same time.
What could be a more natural cure for tinnitus than stopping using a medication that cause your tinnitus as a side effect?
