Ringing in ears

[labguides]

Is Ringing in the ears a side effect of aspirin? Somewhere in the depths of my memory, I remember hearing that aspirin can cause ringing in the ears.

Any other ideas for cause of ringing in the ears? I had years ago when I vestibular neuritis.

 

[Ross]

I don't know, but ever since my last surgery, I've had this loud ringing in my left ear that about drives me insane. It's more like having a small Learjet idling on an airport ramp. High pitched turbine type whining.

 

[bvdr]

Ringing in the ears is often associated with high doses of aspirin. When I developed arthritis as a teen, I was instructed to take 3-4 Grams a day and cut back a little bit each day until ringing in my ears was hardly noticable.

I know there are other causes for the ringing as well but, if memory serves me well, sometimes no true cause can ever be determined.

Ross, that noise in your ear must drive you nuts! Does it ever go away?

 

[Les]

Thirty years of playing drums coupled with the two anti-biotics I received for six weeks in '93 to combat the staph that caused endocarditis have left both ears a shambles in the upper frequency range. Like Ross, I have a high pitched, loud, turbine-like whine that is with me at all times. To say it drives me nuts...well, it was a short trip.

 

[Granbonny]

Hi Les

Hi Les

Long time since you last posted..My ears ring everytime I see your cute face pop up... Bonnie

 

[tobagotwo]

Betty is so right about the high doses of aspirin. But not the dosages used to make your blood more slippery or for regular headaches. That would be very unusual.

There are other medications that can cause it, and of course Les's old friend from the '70s, classic tinnitis, which is damage to sensor hairs in the cochlea from exessive sound pressure (noise).

As you are probably aware, there is no actual sound involved, even though you "hear" it. Think of it like a broken key on an electronic organ, that always stays on, whether pressed or not.

One very loud noise or repeated exposure to loud noises can cause it. Or sometimes, one of the hairs just breaks from age, and starts sending its assigned tone permanently into your brain.

There are some medications that may help alleviate it. I've actually seen eardrops for it, but I can't imagine that they could work, given the actual location where the "sound" is generated.

There are numerous tinnitis websites around. They may help with figuring out your cause.

Best wishes,

 

[Ross]

Ross, that noise in your ear must drive you nuts! Does it ever go away?

No!

 

[Ross]

Thirty years of playing drums coupled with the two anti-biotics I received for six weeks in '93 to combat the staph that caused endocarditis have left both ears a shambles in the upper frequency range. Like Ross, I have a high pitched, loud, turbine-like whine that is with me at all times. To say it drives me nuts...well, it was a short trip.

Les we partied to hearty and now it's time to pay the piper I'm afraid.

 

[MSG Morrissey]

I have been searching for an answer to this-seems I have the same ringing, but only take 81 mg asprin per day. It is constant, high pitched and in both ears. Sometimes I forget it's there, but it is very evident most of the time.

 

[Superbob]

Ring-a-ling-a-ding

Ring-a-ling-a-ding

I have had the loud ringing since I was 2 months post-op. I suspect it is a side-effect of the medicines (I've read that Lopressor can be one culprit). Aspirin in high doses can cause it but one 81 mg a day shouldn't have an effect. Could be a result of severe head congestion I had last spring (fluid going into the ear canals) or my doctors tell me, could be too much caffeine (but I'll be darned if I'm giving up my 1 or 2 cups of Java a day), or could be old age wear and tear. What most irritates me is that none of my doctors seems to recognize that medications can cause it. They just shrug their shoulders when I ask about that. Seems to me Lopressor might be dispensable by now, or at least could be substituted for.

Or maybe it's just the price to be paid for being a "party animal" (loud noises). If so, make mine country. God bless the CMA.

 

[Marguerite53]

quinine

quinine

I do know that a side effect of quinine is ringing in the ears. I take quinine sufate for leg cramps. I did notice it once, a ringing coming on, so I let up on my dosage and the ringing went away. Quinine is also found in Tonic water, so I guess you need to lay off those gin and tonics!!

Marguerite