Ototoxic Drugs

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A person wrote, I have residual tinnitus from sudden hearing loss that occurred about ten years ago. Fortunately, most of my hearing came back. However, I was exposed to a smoke alarm about a year and a half ago that aggravated my tinnitus. That, too, is under control as long as […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, I have pica. I found that Aspirin filled my pica cravings. So I started chewing up 5 or 6 Aspirin (325 mg each) a day. I was also temporarily taking Hydrocodone (10 mg). That’s when the ringing and buzzing started. I’m not surprised that your ears ring and […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained, I just purchased your book “Ototoxic Drugs Exposed” (3rd Edition). It’s really a revelation and has opened my eyes to the amount of drugs that can cause damage to our ears. I recently went to an ear doctor (ENT). My diagnosis was wax impaction and congestion (I did […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked, For those of us with tinnitus (20+ years in my case) who need anti-inflammatory medications to address back pain, nerve pain/weakness/impairment etc, and would like to take NSAIDs/Ibuprofen, is there anything out there that would do the trick without adverse tinnitus impact? I just looked at all the […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, I have been having terrible ringing in my ears for the last six weeks. Can you please help me. I have been on the following drugs: Prozac Tegretol Phenergan Zimmervane My tinnitus started approximately two weeks before Christmas. My Tegretol had been increased to 800 mg in November […]

  by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady reported, I was prescribed Wellbutrin (150 mg) several weeks ago, but when I moved the dose up to 300 mg I developed very obvious tinnitus. I have now been off the Wellbutrin completely for more than a week and still the tinnitus persists. I had a large improvement […]