Dyazide/Triamterene

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Michael - 15 Mar 2004 08:18 GMT

I've had mild T for many years, but the last month and esp. the
last two weeks I can't even read for very long because the high
pitched sound is so loud. My doc prescribed dyazide (triamterene).
After I got home, I checked on it, and it's not one of the meds
usually prescribed for T.

Has anyone else tried it, had it prescribed, or might know why
he thinks it's worth trying?

Thanks,

M.

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francispoon - 15 Mar 2004 13:33 GMT

> I've had mild T for many years, but the last month and esp. the
> last two weeks I can't even read for very long because the high
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> Has anyone else tried it, had it prescribed, or might know why
> he thinks it's worth trying?

Michael, I would be very careful with obtaining medical advice over
the usernet if I were you. You could get hurt very badly for doing
that. I would go to a tinnitus specialist, not just a GP, for the
answer in your case.

But since you have asked this question, I would like to share some of
my own 'experience' with you. I actually had a liberation from high
pitched tone orchestrated on my both ears like a stereo upon the
cessation of hydrochloridethiazide or a diurectics. But then again,
each person reacts differently to the same drug.

The use of diurectics is listed as one of the possible causes of T
here in the ENT profession here in China. Your doctor might have
given you Dyazide to lower your blood pressure but it is your duty to
find out.

Once again, go to a T specialist rather than your friendly GP....IMO.

FP
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> Thanks,
>
> M.

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ENTconsult - 16 Mar 2004 07:19 GMT

Dyazide is a standard diuretic and can be usefull for tinnitus.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com

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Michael - 16 Mar 2004 17:31 GMT

> Dyazide is a standard diuretic and can be usefull for tinnitus.
> Murray Grossan, M.D.
> http://www.ent-consult.com

Thanks, Dr. Grossan, but how can a diuretic help with
tinnitus? I don't understand the connection.

Thanks,

Mike

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ENTconsult - 17 Mar 2004 03:05 GMT

Any process that increases fluid pressure in the inner ear can result in
tinnitus / hearing loss/ dizzyness. The same enzymes that affect the inner ear
are also the enzymes that work in the kidney and often the eye
for example the carbonic anhydrase enzyme is in kidney, ear and eya and diamox
a diuretic is used for coditions affecting thse organs.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com

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Michael - 17 Mar 2004 03:49 GMT

Dr. Grossan,

Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it.

Mike

> Any process that increases fluid pressure in the inner ear can result in
> tinnitus / hearing loss/ dizzyness. The same enzymes that affect the inner ear
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Murray Grossan, M.D.
> http://www.ent-consult.com

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