Safety of Keflex (Cephalexin) vs. Augmentin (Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid) for Hearing & Tinnitus?

[Mr152]

I have a choice of a single oral dose of either Augmentin or Keflex for an upcoming procedure. I don't want my tinnitus to get any worse.

Does anyone know which is safer?

 

[ajc]

Keflex is mentioned on American Tinnitus Association's Ototoxic Drugs list.

Augmentin is not.

I would go with Augmentin.

 

[iGL0CK]

Does anyone know which is safer?

Augmentin is safer, that's for sure.

 

[glynis]

I have a choice of a single oral dose of either Augmentin or Keflex for an upcoming procedure. I don't want my tinnitus to get any worse.

Does anyone know which is safer?

A short course of antibiotics shouldn't cause you much of a problem.

It's the intravenous antibiotics that could spike tinnitus.

Love,
Glynis

 

[linearb]

I didn't have problems with either so I would probably go with whichever seemed more likely to kill whatever bacteria I was infected with. Keflex is a more hardcore drug that I would expect to mess up my GI more, though.

I won't, personally, take antibiotics in most cases, unless there is a positive bacterial culture for a specific thing. When I am prescribed antibiotics "just because" I let them sit on my shelf for 3 days, and only take them if I am not improving in that timeframe (or if my symptoms become worse or scary). In the 10 years or so since I started doing this, I think I've been prescribed antibiotics twelve times, but I've only actually taken them a couple times.

If anyone needs a shelf of expired antibiotics...

 

[JYD]

I've had sinusitis for 5 weeks, so my doctor gave me Prednisone which I finish tomorrow after just 7 days.

He gave me Augmentin "just in case" the Prednisone doesn't help.

So far, I still have sinusitis, and am a bit worried to take the Augmentin.