Yay. It's tinnitus week. My constant companion that came as a free added extra with my meniere's. Much empathy for fellow tinnitus sufferers. #tinnitus
https://tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-week-2024/
I get it mildly, as a free gift with a T2 Diabetes medication I take. A very high pitched singing noise; about 9 - 10 KHz, I would say. Only mildly irritating and only very rarely really intrusive
In fact there is no shortage of medications that can provoke tinnitus including some of the most commonly taken NSAIDS and pain killers like paracetamol, Ibuprofen and aspirin.
I take Jardiance (empagliflozin) for T2D at 10mg a day - that's the one that causes tinnitus for me. My endocrinologist increased the dose to 25mg a day but when I started taking the higher dose, the tinnitus became unbearable so I dropped back to the former 10mg a day dosing.
@Paulos_the_fog I was aware of medications that can trigger temporary tinnitus and probable causation with sudafed but insane how many meds are linked now. Thanks for that info.
Yeah - it's quite a list, isn't it!
@Paulos_the_fog I didn't know T2 medication could give tinnitus. Much empathy.
Thanks but really it's not that bad at all. The mildest of mild irritants. On the higher 25mg dose of Jardiance (empagliflozin), it increased to the level of very annoying, but on the 10mg dose it's not a problem and I am seldom actually aware of it except in dead silence (rare in modern life!)
@Paulos_the_fog Had mine measured as being circa 60db in level so a bit like sitting in a server room.When young (as I got meniere's in my late 20s) I used to compare my tinnitus as akin to walking into a room full of crt monitors. A dated reference and ironic as I couldn't hear that kind of frequency now.