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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #25 on: January 18, 2009, 08:39:11 PM »
Long term use of NSAIDS has been known to cause tinnitus....... Ibuprofen is an NSAID...
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #26 on: January 18, 2009, 09:57:54 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 18, 2009, 07:09:30 PM
A friend of mine developed temporary tinnitus when she was pregnant.  :uhsure:

That would be impossible. 
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #27 on: January 18, 2009, 09:59:16 PM »
so is piroxicam (Feldene), along with naproxen (Naprosyn), indomethacin (Indocin), ketoralac (Toradol), meloxicam (Mobic), and I'm sure there are others I'm not so familiar with.

BEG, if you aren't around loud noises, can hear fairly normally except for the tinnitus, and have no other complaints about hearing difficulties, I would most likely chalk it up to a side effect.  That doesn't mean you should just quit taking your meds, talk to your doc first.
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #28 on: January 18, 2009, 10:09:01 PM »
Quote from: docstew on January 18, 2009, 09:59:16 PM
so is piroxicam (Feldene), along with naproxen (Naprosyn), indomethacin (Indocin), ketoralac (Toradol), meloxicam (Mobic), and I'm sure there are others I'm not so familiar with.

BEG, if you aren't around loud noises, can hear fairly normally except for the tinnitus, and have no other complaints about hearing difficulties, I would most likely chalk it up to a side effect.  That doesn't mean you should just quit taking your meds, talk to your doc first.

Thanks Doc, I called the doctor and he told me to stop it even though I had stopped a couple of days before I called him.  Do you think the tinnitus will go away?  It is so annoying, it is driving me nuts.
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #29 on: January 19, 2009, 07:45:55 AM »
well, there is a "therapeutic" level of any NSAID that needs to build up, and then a half-life for your body to dispose of it... IOW, it might take a few days or more, depending on how long you took it.
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2009, 04:53:55 PM »
Went to the doctor today with my Mom Doc, and he is sending me to an ENT guy.  He said an ENT is the one who would decide if I need to go further and see an otologist or neurotologist  (I think that is what he called it). 
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2009, 10:31:54 AM »
well, an ENT guy would be able to determine if there is something physically wrong in your ear.  A neurotologist, though?  he suspects neurosensory hearing loss?  doubtful, given what you've told me, but can't be written off completely.
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2009, 06:46:28 PM »
Quote from: docstew on January 20, 2009, 10:31:54 AM
well, an ENT guy would be able to determine if there is something physically wrong in your ear.  A neurotologist, though?  he suspects neurosensory hearing loss?  doubtful, given what you've told me, but can't be written off completely.


Heck I'm not sure what he said.  I took my two girls to the doctor today, they ended up having sinus infections.  Anyway I told our GP about my rheumo sending me to an ENT guy because of the tinnitus and at first he was kind of dismissive.  Said they wouldn't be able to do anything for it anyway.  That I wasn't taking the piroxicam long enough for it to cause the tinnitus.  Then I told him how I hear my heart beat in my ear as well.  Like what it sounds like when you listen to a baby's heart beat when you are pregnant.  Then he freaked out and started listening to my neck.  I reminding him of my weird autoimmune disease and that I don't have a pulse in  the left side of my neck and that I have stents on the right side.  He then told me to go to the ENT because I have weird freaky medical things.   :p
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2009, 10:35:29 PM »
I've had it my entire adult life. You get used to it like you do any constant noise. Matter of fact I hear it now that I'm thinking about it because of this thread  :-)
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2009, 11:11:34 PM »
Quote from: Randy on January 20, 2009, 10:35:29 PM
I've had it my entire adult life. You get used to it like you do any constant noise. Matter of fact I hear it now that I'm thinking about it because of this thread  :-)

You can thank me later.   :innocent:
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #35 on: January 21, 2009, 07:57:20 AM »
I hear 4 distinct sounds constantly.
1. a buzzing sound like locusts .
2. a chirping sound.
3. the more normal ringing.
4. the sound you hear underwater when a boat is near.
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #36 on: January 22, 2009, 04:11:35 PM »
Hey tinnitus sufferers (shut up tess :p ) I found a link to a site that has some of the different sounds that people hear when they have tinnitus.  I hear the 2nd sound fairly loud in my right ear 24/7, actually it is a cross of the 2nd and 3rd sound.  I also hear the last sound (I hear them both at the same time) that sounds like your pulse/heart beat but I mainly hear that at night when I'm laying down to go to sleep.

http://www.neuromonics.com/professional/treatment/index.aspx?id=132
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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #37 on: January 22, 2009, 04:17:54 PM »
Interesting! Thanks for that, BEG!   :cheersmate:

I've been wondering for years now if what I'm hearing is really tinnitus. It is, actually, though for me it's extremely high pitched. No thudding (actually, that sounded like jackboots  :rotf: ) or pounding. And some of that sounds like a modem going off.

Background neurological activity, eh? What happens when I don't hear tinnitus anymore? Does that mean I'm dead?

 :lmao:

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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #38 on: January 22, 2009, 04:35:26 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on January 22, 2009, 04:17:54 PM
Interesting! Thanks for that, BEG!   :cheersmate:

I've been wondering for years now if what I'm hearing is really tinnitus. It is, actually, though for me it's extremely high pitched. No thudding (actually, that sounded like jackboots  :rotf: ) or pounding. And some of that sounds like a modem going off.

Background neurological activity, eh? What happens when I don't hear tinnitus anymore? Does that mean I'm dead?

 :lmao:



LOL  :p

Here is some info I found on youtube about it.

[youtube=425,350]JzQg4c-YpNE[/youtube]



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Re: Tinnitus.....
« Reply #39 on: January 22, 2009, 04:48:45 PM »
Oh look William Shatner has it too.   :p

[youtube=425,350]E7bL9BhESYA[/youtube]

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