Comments on: Are TB Drugs Ototoxic?

By: post plueral tb

post plueral tb — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:35:28 +0000

I am a 36year old female. I started taking tb medcation 3years ago for a period of 8months. I did not have perfect hearing prior to beginning my course , but, my hearing loss has deteriorated noticeably & rapidly ever since ! I now have tinnitus & terrible problems with my balance & nausea as well . I am convinced this is as a result of the medication unfortunately !

By: Seenxii

Seenxii — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:19:23 +0000

I am a 26 years old boy.I got hearing problem soon after i was put on TB Drug which were given as injection and tablet form together for two months. Currently,i have got partially difficulty in balance,i could hear hissing sound continously for the last 12 years,partially my facial muscles are rigid. What i am asking u now is 1)Is this sound permanent?2)what can i do for the Partial rigidity of my neck,face and skull muscles,Is there any medicament?I am socially and Psychologically affected.What could u advise me regarding the above things. I had got my ear checked up and my Doctor advised me to use hearing aid.But i am not psychologically ready to use it.sincerly,

By: Dr. Neil

Dr. Neil — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:24:19 +0000

Hi Wayne:

As I said in the above article anything is possible, but I would have expected the hearing loss to show up much sooner, not years later. There could have been any number of factors that can hearing loss that have occurred in the intervening years.

Neil

By: Wayne Morgan

Wayne Morgan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:52:34 +0000

I was on streptomycin and paraminosalcilicacid two doses per week for one year for TB. This was some years back. I now have a hearing loss. Could it be caused by
the treatment?

By: Another Lady

Another Lady — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:03:13 +0000

I had a very similar experinece except that I had to take isoniazid for two years, since I skipped too many times the first year. Unfortunately, in my case I didn’t even need it – the TB test was positive because I had BCG immunization in Europe.

Due to ignorance on the clinic’s part and my not being able to speak english well enough, they blew off my telling them that I had a “special shot that made the TB test positive”.
Anyway, several years later, I too, started losing my hearing. By the time I was 27, I needed to wear a hearing aid. The hearing loss is mainly the medium tones. As with your first posting, no one in my family has any hearing problems and I did’t suffer from any unusal ear problems as a child. All was normal until my mid-twenties, about 10 years after my Isoniazid treatment.