Ototoxic Drugs

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © September 2025 Have you ever worried about losing more of your hearing or balance, or getting worse tinnitus from taking a drug that your doctor prescribed for you? If so, you are not alone. A lot of people contact me with exactly this concern even though I am not a […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D.© January, 2022 A lady explained, I have a copy of your book Ototoxic Drugs Exposed, and have used it for reference many times. She then asked a very interesting question, I’ve become a cochlear implant recipient and will go bilateral–hopefully this year. Do CI recipients need to worry anymore about potentially […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © November, 2018 A man read my article, “The Ototoxicity of Drugs Ending in-mycin”. In it, I said that all of the drugs listed there (which included Clindamycin) are ototoxic to some extent or other. He then referred me to Dr. Tim Hain’s article “Ototoxic Medications” where Dr. Hain had written, […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. © August, 2018 (Revised 2025) Numbers of people have asked me how I got into doing what I do now—helping people deal with their hearing losses and other ear-related conditions. They have wondered whether it was because I lost my hearing due to taking ototoxic drugs, and if that was why […]

Neil Bauman, Ph.D. June, 2018 (revised October, 2024) People have asked me which are the least ototoxic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. For example one man asked: If you have a product that offers advice on the “best of the bad choices” for NSAIDs, I would be glad to purchase it. I really need advice in this […]

Neil Bauman, Ph.D. January, 2018 (revised October, 2024) People often ask me which are the least ototoxic beta blockers (or other classes of anti-hypertensive drugs) to take for high blood pressure (hypertension). For example one man asked: I have some questions about the ototoxicity of medications for high blood pressure. My primary care physician and […]