Can Medication Cause Tinnitus and Then Make It Continue to Worsen?

[Hil]

I have been searching quite a while for info on this and coming up empty. Can a medication not only cause tinnitus, but ALSO make it continually worsen (in particular, make you continually get more and more new tinnitus sounds) while you remain on the med.?

 

[Richard zurowski]

@Hil . Most certainly there are pharmaceutical drugs out there that can bring on tinnitus.

 

[Hil]

@Hil . Most certainly there are pharmaceutical drugs out there that can bring on tinnitus.

But can they cause new tinnitus sounds to keep appearing while you stay on the med?

 

[Cityjohn]

Hah, I read meditation

Yes. To which medication specifically are you referring?

 

[Hil]

Hah, I read meditation

Yes. To which medication specifically are you referring?

Meditation causing tinnitus, that's a new one!
Referring specifically to Lexapro.

 

[Mike TerMaaten]

the answer is YES

msg is a chemical found in certain resturant-prepared foods ..and it will initiate/ cause ..or perpetuate Tinnitus.


why don't you tell us the med you take ..or the med you're thinking/ concerned about

i personally am less knowledgable on the Medication aspect ( and other internal causes of Tinnitus ) than External Causes ( such as noise, Pro Audio Speakers, concerts and so on


if ya Spend a lot of time here ( here at TinnitusTalk ) ..pretty sure you'll find the information you're seeking


EDIT - Hey alright.... CityJohn and you both replied when i was writing..

Ask CityJohn if something ( chemical, synthetic substance or medication ) you ingest (eat ) can cause T. .....YES !

 

[Richard zurowski]

Who knows!! I don't think you can definitely say for sure that you can get different sounds of tinnitus from certain drugs.

 

[Hil]

the answer is YES

msg is a chemical found in certain resturant-prepared foods ..and it will initiate/ cause ..or perpetuate Tinnitus.


why don't you tell us the med you take ..or the med you're thinking/ concerned about

i personally am less knowledgable on the Medication aspect ( and other internal causes of Tinnitus ) than External Causes ( such as noise, Pro Audio Speakers, concerts and so on


if ya Spend a lot of time here ( here at TinnitusTalk ) ..pretty sure you'll find the information you're seeking

Lexapro

 

[Hil]

I know that many drugs can be ototoxic and can cause tinnitus, but I've never heard of them causing you to keep getting new tinnitus sounds as time goes on. That's what's been happening with me. I don't know if my tinnitus is caused by my Lexapro, but it started a few weeks after beginning it.

It also started while in protracted withdrawals from Cymbalta. From what information I've been able to gather, it is unlikely that Cymbalta withdrawal would be causing me to still be getting new tinnitus sounds at this point (9 months after stopping). But the protracted withdrawals I am in, I was told (in the hospital) could go on for 2-3 years. (As in, it could take that long for my nervous system to restabilize. I had a severe reaction to going off Cymbalta.)

The reason I ask is, there is a question right now as to whether I should increase my dose of Lexapro or not. I don't want to increase if it could make my tinnitus worse. I want to make an educated decision on this. Doctors I have seen have not had any knowledge of this.

 

[Cityjohn]

You're using a pretty heavy brain chemistry altering drug. The problem with these drugs is that your body will adapt the production of brain chemicals to the new situation. Once you go off them you're gonna have a bad time.

The reason I ask is, there is a question right now as to whether I should increase my dose of Lexapro or not.

I don't see a direct connection to the auditory system and can't find any literature on it, but I would still suggest you search hard and find any other way to improve your well being without the use of more drugs.
If your doctor can't tell you what's going on you might suggest he provides you with a reference for someone that can.