Posted by yxibow on October 5, 2009, at 15:02:11
In reply to Re: EFFEXOR HEARING LOSS ! ! ! » rickf, posted by 49er on October 4, 2009, at 18:34:19
I'm sorry that both of you have had experiences of hearing loss with antidepressants.
I'm not sure though about getting hearing loss, dropping the antidepressant, and having hearing loss again. It could be the antidepressant, but it sounds like temporary hearing loss or tinnitus due to medication.
As for antibiotics, though, there are some ones that unfortunately are notoriously ototoxic -- vancomycin can be, but it is also one of the last resorts in medicine, so one has to trade off possible death from possible degraded hearing.
I don't know about antidepressants that are extremely well known for ototoxic properties. I can believe though that they can have temporary effects and definitely have tinnitus as a listed side effects.
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