ototoxic drugs

Ototoxic drugs are drugs that can cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. They can also make an existing hearing loss worse. They may also cause other related problems including such things as as: tinnitus, hyperacusis, pressure in the ear, ceruminosis, dizziness, vertigo, ataxia, nystagmus, oscillopsia, ear pain, auditory hallucinations, various eye problems, muscle pain in neck.

Everyone, especially someone with a hearing loss, should be careful when taking drugs to make sure they are not ototoxic.

There may be times when an ototoxic drug is appropriate. For example, if not using that particular drug might have more serious consequences than hearing loss or deafness, then you might want to weigh that alternative.

But, in general, if there are alternatives, you might want to avoid ototoxic drugs.

If you already have a hearing loss, you might even want to be more alert than normal, since physicians may not all consider that factor seriously enough before recommending an ototoxic drug.

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