Is Your Hearing Loss Caused By Medication
May 27th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Ototoxic medications are medications that are known to cause damage to hearing or can increase an already existing condition. Some hearing loss will be reversed once the medication is discontinued, however, other medications will cause a permanent hearing loss.The amount of hearing loss can be determined by the amount of time one is exposed to the medication that caused the hearing loss. There are some things you should do to help limit your exposure to these drugs. Make sure you let your doctor know if you suffer from any type of nerve type hearing loss. Some drugs can aggravate an already existing condition. Your doctor should be aware of these conditions before he prescribes medications. Ask your doctor of any side effects of new medications before he prescribes them to you. Especially ask if there are any ototoxic effects. Read the labels on over the counter medications to see if there are hearing loss side effects from these medications. And know the warning signs of ototoxicity.
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