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
tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-week-

@emsquared

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

@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.

@emsquared

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.

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