Are Your Aware That Certain Medications Actually Cause Tinnitus

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Got Tinnitus? Do You Know That Some Medications Cause Tinnitus...

There are many different causes of tinnitus and knowing what is causing your tinnitus is vital is selecting the right treatment for your tinnitus. Now some of the more common causes of tinnitus are Old Age, Excessive Loud Noise Exposure and high consumption of alcohol, coffee or soda. But there is something that is overlooked and that is some of the medications you are taking maybe causing tinnitus.


This more common with the elderly as they may also be experiencing old age tinnitus further complicated with the medication they are taking


Be aware that Tinnitus itself is not a condition but a SYMPTOM of a greater condition


Be familiar with the Common Causes of Tinnitus


Medications That Are Known to Cause Tinnitus

Source: Mayo Clinic

Medications that can cause tinnitus


A number of medications may cause or worsen tinnitus. Generally, the higher the dose of medication, the worse tinnitus becomes. Often the unwanted noise disappears when you stop using these drugs. Medications known to cause or worsen tinnitus include:


Antibiotics, including chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, vancomycin and bleomycin


Cancer medications, including mechlorethamine and vincristine


Diuretics - water pills - such as bumetanide, ethacrynic acid, furosemide


Quinine medications used for malaria or other health conditions


Chloroquine, a malaria medication


Aspirin taken in uncommonly high doses (12 or more a day)



If you have tinnitus then you need to be educated about all the the medication that cause tinnitus. Following a holistic tinnitus treatment will familiarize you with all the known causes of tinnitus. If you are taking medication and have tinnitus then you need to take action and discover endless benefits of following a holistic tinnitus treatment.

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What medications are causing your tinnitus?

  • tplocus Oct 7, 2010 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    It seems like more and more antibiotics should taken as a last resort, now I see it can promote tinnitus.

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