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My teenager daughter took Neomycin ear drops after ear syringing two weeks ago. She only did one day of the drops (3 doses, 4 drops each). Now she has a constant ringing in her ears. 24/7. It is hard for her to live with. She has been to ENT. There is no ear drum perforation and was not at...

...ear seems fine. She recommended I use antibiotic drops nasally to reach the throat. After picking up the drops, I discovered they contain Neomycin and Polymyxin B. I searched this forum for Neomycin and got really scared. However, if I use them through my nose, might it be less dangerous...

I have been trying to track down what caused my original mild tinnitus. I have Ménière’s disease, but I took 1 pill of Neomycin for IBS and then stopped when I saw the black box warnings and assumed it wasn’t worth the risk. This was in 2018 but I don’t remember when the tinnitus really...

...I'm a 43-year-old male that has been suffering from SIBO and developed tinnitus + hyperacusis after being prescribed Xifaxan (Rifaximin) and Neomycin. Since I took Xifaxan in the past with no problems, I'm presuming the Neomycin caused my issue, although I have seen some people say in this...

I found this bit on PubMed from 1988: Many drugs are known to be ototoxic, but unfortunately for us, doctors have no clue.

Hi, I'm just wondering if neomycin eye drops prescribed for conjunctivitis are safe to use. I know neomycin in general is ototoxic. If they are can anyone recommend an antibiotic eye drop that's safe? I'm terrified it'll make my tinnitus etc worse bur I need to treat the eye. Thanks.

Does anyone know whether there is an alternative antibiotic eardrop other than the neomycin based ones? I know in theory the ototoxic antibiotic neomycin should not be able to damage one's ears unless the ear drum is perforated but I'm concerned at a few accounts of tinnitus beginning with the...

Hi. I was prescribed Naseptin cream in July 2023 for nosebleeds. I ended up in A&E in August due to further nosebleeds. My nostril was packed and I was advised to keep using the cream and consider going private to get a cauterisation done. I got this done in late August and was advised to use...

I would not use the drops, I even think it is more dangerous than through an intact eardrum. Through your nose, and ET, the Neomycin could reach your middle ear. No guarantee that it would affect you negatively, but if you have an other option, I would absolutely not use Neomycin.

Hi, I’m due for Shingles jab / shot next week, but I read that the vaccine contains Neomycin, albeit only a small amount or so they say... I'm really not sure whether to go ahead with it as Neomycin is listed as ototoxic... Any help or advice really appreciated... Thank you.

Hi everyone, I'm curious if anyone has tinnitus as a result of using neomycin/polymyxin B/steroid ear drops? How long was your course of drops? How many days after starting the drops did you notice your tinnitus? Did it gradually get worse or stay the same? Did you have balance problems? Did...

I went to a practitioner about a possible ruptured eardrum. I was told I didn't have that and was given Neomycin ear drops. I used them for 10 days and followed up with my regular doctor who found a hole in my eardrum. I think the practitioner missed it due to also having psoriasis, which is in...

Any update Craig? Did things eventually get better?

My daughter was also injured by Neomycin ear drops and I have the same questions. It's been about a year and a half since your post. Did the tinnitus ever get better?

...Of particular note is the ototoxicity (damage to the inner ear) of locally and topically applied aminoglycoside antibiotics such as neomycin, kanamycin and framycetin. Even very small amounts that reach the inner ear and enter the hair cells of the cochlea can lead to an irreparable (!) loss...

I got these two scans on my outer earlobe as they are not healing. My doctor gave me this cream but I read neomycin is bad for tinnitus? It’s just a cream though.

I have some sinus / ET infection recently with yellow bloody discharge, my GP prescribed me the Naseptin nasal cream (neomycin 0.5% / chlorhexidine dihydrochloride 0.1%) for topical use (in nose) twice a day for 2 weeks. I read about the ototoxicity of neomycin and aminoglycosides in general...

Sorry your daughter has tinnitus. It is very hard to live with. You could do a search on this forum for “Neomycin”.

Does anyone have any updates? I too am suffering from tinnitus, caused by, I believe, the Neomycin drops. The tinnitus started on day 4 & I took them for a week. Entering month 3 with tinnitus.

Has it gotten any better, Aline?

...see what was going on. He told me that I had a fungal infection in my ear, and prescribed me Otocomb Otic (active ingredients: Gramicidin, Neomycin, Nystatin, Triamcinolone acetonide). The itchiness went away, but a couple of days later I started to hear a mid-tone ringing in my right ear...

...I have no pain, swelling, or itchiness of the ear, but he said it's potentially the start of an external infection and prescribed the Neomycin spray to hopefully clear things up. Worth mentioning I'm also pretty bunged up (sore throat etc) which is most likely the main cause of my issues...

Has anyone had to use ear drops that contain neomycin since having tinnitus? Has it had any effect on your tinnitus or hearing? May have to use them for an external ear infection and very worried. Using ciprodex drops or similar is out of the question as I have a severe allergy to...

...on my left ear that morning, went to CVS that evening. The physician there cleaned my ear wax through water irrigation and prescribed me Neomycin ear drops. After a day of use or so, ringing started in my left ear. It is continuous from that time onwards. After a week or so, I went to a...

...TMJ but that's basically gone. This new noise is a beast and can be heard over everything. The doctor prescribed me an antibiotic with neomycin. I am very skeptical because in no way do I want to make it worse. But I need to get this infection gone!! I am so torn. The drone noise started...

I've had tinnitus for 3 years now caused by a prescribed otic suspension of Neomycin with Polymixin B Sulfates and Hydrocortisone. An ENT prescribed it to me when I was having an episode of vertigo which he tried to fix in his office by a motion maneuver but actually made it worse and made me...

...that wasn't bad but it hasn't cleared up. However doctor has just prescribed me a tropical creme which I am pretty sure is ototoxic it has neomycin. It seems there is nothing I can have that isn't. Given it's my belly button is this going to be an issue? I am so itchy. It's called Kenacomb...

Hi there, I started getting tinnitus a little over a week ago. I was diagnosed with SIBO and prescribed Xifaxan and Neomycin for a 14 day period. My doctor checked me 1 week in and I was doing fine. At about 10-11 days into the treatment I noticed when it was very quiet that I had slight...

2 questions: Did you have a perforated ear drum when you put the drops in? What did you get these drops prescribed for?

...them, however, I am in another country for at least the next 6 months. - Topical Steroid Cream: Betamethasone valerate 1mg/g (0.1% w/w) Neomycin sulphate 5mg/g (0.5% w/w) (also contains: chlorocresol 1000, cetostearyl alcohol, white soft paraffin, liquid paraffin, sodium acid phosphate...

Hello Everyone, I had a small regular spider bite and I was wondering if I use Neosporin (Neomycin) over the opening which is small would cause permanent hearing loss and worsening of tinnitus? Should I avoid it? Or using it on the wounds would be ok? I also had the same question for...

...doctor gave me were; Antihistamine, Otrivine care and Polydexa ear (through nose while lying on bed) which I later find out that it contains Neomycin and Polymyxin B that are highly ototoxic. I believe it got into my eustachian tube and reached to middle ear, and entered to inner ear. Do you...

Did it get better for you? I also am a victim of Neomycin.

Hi Dr Nagler, I have now got an ear infection and again my doctor has prescribed betnesol-n drops but I have horrendous tinnitus in that ear since developing a blocked ear. I did have t before but it is now unmanageable and I am toiling to be honest. I am so scared to use the drops as I know...

Hi @hopingtoheal, I know this thread is a few years old, but my daughter is dealing with Neomycin induced tinnitus and I was wondering if you have an update to share? Is the tinnitus still stable? Has it improved any? Did you have any lack of concentration or mental exhaustion early on? How...

...too, as the tinnitus is louder than a super busy and loud nurses’ station). My tinnitus was sudden from 3 ototoxic medications combined (Neomycin ear drops, Z-Pak, Methylprednisolone) for an infection I didn’t have. The doctor misdiagnosed me. So the damage is done even though I took those...

Neomycin Induced Tinnitus. Started after 3 dose, took 4 total before stopping. Hyperacusis initially, but subsided after months.

...Pregabalin), Doctors concluded that I had something called SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth). The treatment for SIBO is 4 weeks of Neomycin and Xifaxan. I did my course and retested for SIBO. Apparently the antibiotics had not eradicated the SIBO so in May (2019) I was given another...

I think I may have an ear infection and worry about taking drops with Cipro or Neomycin in them because both are known to be ototoxic. I also read about Acetasol which seems to be much milder. Will see a doctor in a few days if the ear pain persists or gets worse. Anyone have an ear infection...

Gotcha. Her doctor was the one that recommended the water/peroxide on the off chance that there was residue left from the Neomycin otic drops. I was wondering if this was a normal response to the rinse.

...stuff from sinuses goes down. In the morning I cough up some of the secretions from sinuses. The thing is that before I used a mix of neomycin and polymyxin b sulfates in nose spray (Polydexa). It worked well, but I've read that it's ototoxic if applied to middle ear. Do you know safe...

The general rule of thumb here — if the antibiotic ends with -mycin, it’s strongly advised not to take them. There’s greater risk in causing ototoxicity with those antibiotics. She’s in the acute stage, so chances she improves are still good.

...third day with awful, super-high-pitched ringing in both ears. The ringing has continued, non-stop, ever since. The prescription was for Neomycin and Polymyxin B sulfates and Hydrocortisone. I did some research after the ringing started and learned, to my shock and horror and rage, that...

Ok so my worries were actually real and I got diagnosed with a light inflammation of the outer ear canal. I got a prescription for neomycin ear drops and now I’m scared as hell to use them as I have read quite a few horror stories about them. My ear drum is intact but still.... I also got...

...age (22 now). I didn't really question him, and said sure whatever. Did decide to google it later on and realized that the vaccine contains neomycin (from what I understand in very small doses). This got me a little bit concerned, as I've been trying to avoid anything that could possibly...

It could be the ear syringing and not the eye drops, or it could be both. Both can cause tinnitus. Have her stay off forums and wait a few months before thinking it's permanent. If it is, most people do better handling it within a year and there is a device that may work for tinnitus coming out...

...Wondering if you have any updates on how you're doing. I was also struggling with what I believe to be SIBO. I also took Rifaximin and Neomycin. Both are supposed to not be absorbed well. 95% of Neomycin is supposed to stay in GI tract, and approx 99.9% for Rifaximin. I had very quick...

...I burned my eye with a warm compress. I went to an ophthalmologist because the chalazion was still there--he gave me Maxitrol, which is Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Dexamethasone. After day 2 I woke up with louder than ever tinnitus and called the doctor and quit the drops. Things were wonky for...

I would love an update on this, and if the tinnitus ever subsided. I blame my tinnitus on the Neomycin, not the Rifaximin. Though I was taking both. I'm on 8 months so far.

...am neither new to tinnitus nor Tinnitus Talk. I haven't been on here for a while because I finally habituated. Last week, I was prescribed Neomycin ear drops for an outer ear canal inflammation in my right ear. I used the drops twice a day instead of three times a day. I started noticing a...

Hi All, Quick background - I've been hearing hissing and ringing noises in my ears since last night after using Neomycin and Polymyxin B sulfate drops in my ears. I was prescribed the drops for Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. I've had ETD for over a month and have tried almost everything...

A shower would probably do as good a job at rinsing out. Mine is mostly a weeee very high pitched and is sometimes more a static sound. I prefer the static sound but my preference is irrelevant. Yes, I agree, don't tamper except maybe try some of the masking videos on YouTube if it is hard to...

...care for it as needed. In 2016 or so, I developed a double ear infection and ended up going into the VA for care. A VA PA prescribed me a Neomycin based ear drops solution. I used it for about a week, then all of a sudden both ears just started SCREAMING and never stopped. Four years of...

How did you use Neomycin? Eye drop? Ear drop? I also got mine from Neomycin, both ears ringing really bad since then.

I would love an update too. I got tinnitus from the Neomycin + Rifaximin 8 months ago. Still dealing with it. =/ Still dealing with what I believe to be SIBO as well... brain fog, anxiety, poor gut motility... Trying to manage symptoms doing zero carb at the moment. Slow progress, but seems...

Oral neomycin. It was about 10 days after the course before the ringing started and got worse over a couple months. On the positive side, if yours is still new, there’s a good possibility it could go away.

...some days it's noticeable. Are there any reasons to believe the use of nasal spray might cure tinnitus? Also, if my tinnitus is due to Neomycin ear drops, is it possible that it can go away over time? I wonder why doctors prescribe Neomycin ear drops if they are that harmful. Because I see...