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If you’ve done much research on your tinnitus, 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 you are currently taking could be the cause (or at least one of the causes of) your tinnitus.

This possible link between prescription medications (the drugs that are supposed to help us be healthy) and ringing ears was certainly a surprise to me. I learned of it when my nephew developed ringing ears from the powerful medications he was taking for bone cancer. The medications helped eliminate the cancer & cure him, but part of the price he paid for his cure was long-term, likely permanent hearing damage.

Let me give you this list of the types of medications that have been known to cause ringing ears. Based on information from 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 drugs 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: Very high doses of aspirin (12 or more per day)

If you experience ringing in ears and are taking 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 a medication that cause your ringing ears as a side effect?

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