Experiences with Omeprazole or Other PPI Drugs?

[racerfish]

For those who got tinnitus or a spike in their tinnitus from PPI medication, did the tinnitus reduce in volume or go away after going off the med.

I may have to take it for some GI issues and am worried.

 

[Sarah200]

I'm on lansoprazole, have been for 7 years. I was on it for 5 years before my tinnitus started. I did stop taking it for three months after getting tinnitus but made no difference, so am back on it now as I suffer from acid reflux also known as GERD.

My tinnitus doesn't change when I'm on it.

 

[Jack Straw]

Been doing some research on this and I can't really find much on GERD medications being ototoxic. The only things I can find are anecdotal evidence regarding it and bogus "tinnitus websites" claiming they are ototoxic.

 

[GoatSheep]

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