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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / March 2004Repost of Limbaugh question...need advice too!
Can substances such as Klonopin and pain medication cause Tinnitus and hearing loss? BTW, I have both, take both medications, and my grandmother had menniere's. What should I do? My hearing is currently 25% compromised and tinnitus is @ the 8000 hz level, db level unknown. I can quit the pain meds if need be, but not the anti anxiety meds. Would it matter anyway? Thanks, The Rev "Rev Marcus" <Rev@KingdomWithin> wrote in part: >Can substances such as Klonopin and pain medication cause Tinnitus and >hearing loss? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Thanks, >The Rev what pain meds? how much?  SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG 2 Ultracet 3x a day for 6 months, & .5 mg Klonopin x2 day for almost 10 years Symptoms started with vertigo about 7-8 years ago...tinnitus started about 5 years ago diagnosed with vestibular neuronitus, then labryhtinitus, vertigo, also nystagmus and tinnitus. Last audio test 8 months ago showed no decline in tonal audio testing, but it did show a decline in word deciphering. I have a fratured sternum, thus the scripts for the pain meds tia Rev > "Rev Marcus" <Rev@KingdomWithin> wrote in part: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > what pain meds? how much? He was taking huge doses of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone for a long time. A hearing center (House?) documented the cases of several people with hearing loss who had been abusing Vicodin (Hydrocodone/APAP). Another poster mentioned something about hearing loss among Heroin addicts. Ultracet hasn't been mentioned, and is not in the same class of drugs as these. Besides, you're not abusing the stuff. Jeff > 2 Ultracet 3x a day for 6 months, > & .5 mg Klonopin x2 day for almost 10 years [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Jim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA > > Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG >Can substances such as Klonopin and pain medication cause Tinnitus and >hearing loss? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Thanks, >The Rev The drugs Rush supposedly was abusing - oxycontin and vicodin - can be ototoxic in abusive quantities so they could have been the cause of his hearing loss. The House Ear Institute has said that disease led to his hearing loss but that was before there was knowledge of his drug abuse. Many people also report that vicodin aggravates their tinnitus under normal dosages and avoid it if possible. I haven't heard anyone address the same issue with oxycontin perhaps because that is normally prescribed in extreme cases and most people don't fit that profile. Terri http://pub219.ezboard.com/btinnitusactivismandsupport > >Can substances such as Klonopin and pain medication cause Tinnitus and > >hearing loss? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Terri That makes perfect sense in Limbaugh's case. All I hear is high-pitched whining when I tune him in. Klonopin is a standard medication used for Tinnitus. If you are takng it on regular Rx you are certainly not abusiing it. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com K does seem to aggravate my T tho, thus I am concerned that it may be also causing more hearing loss. Does T and hearing loss have a 1.0 correlation? I take the K for anxiety, it helps me also to stay clear and centered. ------------------------------------------------------------ > Klonopin is a standard medication used for Tinnitus. If you are takng it on > regular Rx you are certainly not abusiing it. > Murray Grossan, M.D. > http://www.ent-consult.com > K does seem to aggravate my T tho, thus I am concerned that it may be also > causing more hearing loss. > Does T and hearing loss have a 1.0 correlation? I take the K for anxiety, it > helps me also to stay clear and centered. > ------------------------------------------------------------ Over a population, there probably is a positive correlation between tinnitus and hearing loss, but certainly it is not 100%. Clinically I have seen people with minimal loss and screaming tinnitus and others with significant hearing loss and without tinnitus. HNG K does seem to aggravate my T tho, thus I am concerned that it may be also causing more hearing loss. Does T and hearing loss have a 1.0 correlation? I take the K for anxiety, it helps me also to stay clear and centered. ------------------------------------------------------------ > Klonopin is a standard medication used for Tinnitus. If you are takng it on > regular Rx you are certainly not abusiing it. > Murray Grossan, M.D. > http://www.ent-consult.com Since Klonopin has been reported and is used to reduce Tinnitus symptoms, I suspect a different mechanism is at work here. Sort of like when you take extra strengh tylenol for a toothache, and then you become aware that your shoes hurt. With the toothache the shoe pain was masked. Murray Grossan, M.D. http://www.ent-consult.com Could be. I just had a fractured sternum bone (ziphoid process) removed about 5 weeks ago (+10 year undiagnosed problem) and now it appears that the T is louder and I have also found that I have less tolerance for innane and mundane conversations and activities, but that might be because I cut back on the pain meds too. Thanks for all of your responses :) Rev > Since Klonopin has been reported and is used to reduce Tinnitus symptoms, I > suspect a different mechanism is at work here. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Murray Grossan, M.D. > http://www.ent-consult.com
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