Tinnitus Relief and Medicine – Drugs That Sometimes Cause Tinnitus

If you’ve been suffering from tinnitus for a while, you have probably already discovered that there are lots of things that can cause your ringing ears. One of the more surprising potential causes of your tinnitus is the medicine you are taking. You read that correctly. It is actually possible that or more of the medicines your doctor prescribes for you could be the cause (or at least one of the causes of) your tinnitus.

The connection between medications and ringing ears was certainly a surprise to me. The first I heard of it was when my nephew developed ringing ears from the drugs he took during chemotherapy for bone cancer. The doctors were able to completely eliminate the cancer, but part of the price he paid for his cure was long-term, likely permanent tinnitus.

Let me give you this list of the types of medications that have been known to cause ringing ears. According to the Mayo Clinic, here are the types of medicines that have been known to sometimes cause tinnitus or worsen existing cases of tinnitus:

• Antibiotics: Several antibiotics can cause problems, including chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, vancomycin and bleomycin
• Cancer medications: Some of the powerful cancer medications that can cause tinnitus include mechlorethamine and vincristine
• Diuretics: Bumetanide, ethacrynic acid, and furosemide
• Quinine medications and others (such as chloroquine) used to treat malaria
• Aspirin: When taken in extremely high doses (12 or more per day)

If you have ringing in ears and are being treated with any one of the medications listed in this article, you should talk to your doctors right away about a possible connection. It may be possible to change the way they are treating you and provide you with tinnitus relief at the same time.

What could be a more natural cure for tinnitus than stopping taking one or more medications that cause your tinnitus as a side effect?