Tinnitus Got Louder and Developed a New Sound After Taking Doxydyn (Tetracycline)

[Bartek]

Hi everyone,

I got a flu went to the doctor and got doxydyn 200 (tetracycline) and paracodol (paracetamol and codeine). After taking my second half pill of doxydyn, my tinnitus got louder and I developed a new sound in my left ear. Can't sleep because of the sound.

What should I do, continue taking it or wait the flu out? Or is it because of the flu?

Please help. I don't know what to do? What antibiotic is safe to take?

 

[Bill Bauer]

I would stop taking the drug.

Having said this, it doesn't appear to be ototoxic.
http://hlaa-sbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ototoxic_Brochure.pdf

https://www.ehealthme.com/ds/tetracycline/tinnitus/

Compare this to
https://www.ehealthme.com/ds/amoxicillin/tinnitus/

Search this forum, if I remember correctly, people here were saying that amoxicillin is one of the few antibiotics that are not ototoxic.

 

[Dana]

An ENT guaranteed me that amoxicillin is safe for my ears and does the job, so i took it and indeed it was effective and it didn't give my ears more problems.
To just wait for the flu to go away is also an option. The T increase with the new sound may be due to the flu, but it may be NOT just a concidence the timing (the increase while taking what you took), so why take a risk while there is amoxicillin?

 

[Bartek]

Hi thanks for the reply. My spike went 90% away and the new sound is gone. I'm scared what to do both have some reports to cause tinnitus. I can see the doctor today. Really don't know what to do?

 

[Bill Bauer]

My spike went 90% away and the new sound is gone

Did this happen after you stopped taking tetracycline?

 

[Bill Bauer]

Keep in mind that there seem to be no reports at that website about tetracycline causing T (but you could be the one who now has a report about it). As for the reports regarding amoxicilline, it is less than 1% of people who file reports (which must represent less than 1% of everyone who took the drug). So the risk is still low...

 

[Bartek]

my spike started about an hour after taking the second half pill and stopped about 11 hours later, now it is almost back to baseline

and after taking it I needed to pee like 20 times maybe it's not good for me?

 

[Bartek]

Hi,
ended taking my amoxicilin no change in T everything back to baseline

 

[Pleasure_Paulie]

I would suggest the spike is from the flu if this has not been mentioned.

Good luck.