Sumatriptan: Reduces Tinnitus?

[Diskgrey]

Hello everyone,

I am wondering if anyone had experienced a reduction in tinnitus after taking Sumatriptan (medicine for migraine)?

I have developed my tinnitus probably due to stiffness of the neck - I have no hearing loss. I have been doing physiotherapy with some success but recently the physiotherapy induced migraine so I was prescribed Sumatriptan. After taking it my tinnitus lowered in volume the next day quite significantly.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Mat

 

[Bex]

This just happened to me today! My tinnitus has been a horrible roar that is exhausting me. No idea what started it, but possibly the constant AC unit running overhead at work. I had a headache that wouldn't quit today and took a migraine pill. After a while I noticed the roaring had almost completely stopped! I've been researching auditory migraines and relations between sumatriptan and tinnitus for about an hour now. Interesting to find someone else who had a similar effect!

 

[annalena]

My tinnitus volume is lower when I take Sumatriptan but the effect only lasts for a couple of hours. Since I take Sumatriptan quite often, I don't think it's a coincidence, but it's also possible that the volume reduction is caused by the migraine itself (and its effect on the brain).