Amoxicillin / Josamycin — Ototoxic? Safe for Someone Who Has Tinnitus?

[jeremy06]

Hi all!

After "managing "my tinnitus for months, I am back having hard tim.

I took some antibiotic for a bacterial angina.

First Amoxicillin which did nothing (tinnitus and angina), 2 g per day for 5 days.

Then they gave me Josamycin, same dose of 2 g per day for 6 days.

Angina is gone but my tinnitus is now through the roof.

Could this medicine mess up with my ears?

I checked on internet and found no reports of ototoxicity!

Any advice will be welcome!

 

[Clint Azzopardi]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8484488

I thought that all antibiotics ending in -cin are aminoglycosides, which are ototoxic.

The above article seems to say otherwise.

 

[Tweaker]

Yes mycins are generally ototoxic when given intravenously but less so when taken orally.

 

[JohnK]

what about mycins in ear drop/ear spray form

 

[Bill Bauer]

I checked on internet and found no reports of ototoxicity!

It is not on
http://hlaa-sbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ototoxic_Brochure.pdf

Amoxicillin is the least ototoxic antibiotic. I have taken it and it hasn't resulted in any spikes.

 

[DaveFromChicago]

To Jeremy06:
I was on Azithromycin and after the second day it made my tinnitus so explosive that I was ready to notify the Doctor that I had to stop.
However, I was notified that I had to complete the five day course, and I ran a gauntlet of tinnitus spikes.
There are numerous on line reports that this is a common side effect among various antibiotics.
They do leave the metabolism within 7 to 10 days, and I have not had any further such spikes.

 

[jeremy06]

Thx guys
I just went back to the doc .
The angina is not gone !

I have to take another round of antibiotic
Pristinamycin

I m really scared now !

 

[Bill Bauer]

Thx guys
I just went back to the doc .
The angina is not gone !

I have to take another round of antibiotic
Pristinamycin

I m really scared now !

How are you feeling now?