Doug5

Anyone know anything about this? I read some articles on the internet and apparently its true. In fact it might be why Rush Limbaugh lost his hearing.

I am scared cuz I take Vicoprofren for my arthritis pain. Its similar to Vicodin but it has ibuprofren instead of tylenol. I want to keep whats left of my hearing.

Does anyone know of something safer to take for pain?

Deafness

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Doug5

yeah, gonna have to talk to him monday.

Im gonna get my ears tested. I hope theyre ok. I have been having a hard time hearing lately

dead money

ive noticed certain brands of asprin in general do that. Maybe not take away hearing loss but my tinnitus gets worse when i pop certain brands.

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Oceanbreeze

Many drugs are indeed ototoxic (that is, they are dangerous to one's hearing). Pain meds are one of them. Not just vicodin, but most all narcotic pain meds are ototoxic. So are NSAIDS (motrin, advil, naprosyn, ect) and a certain class of antibiotics.

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Doug5

yeah, I noticed when I took a lot of aspirin it messed with my hearing. I quit taking them and my hearing seemed to comeback

Doug5

yep, I did a search and saw a list.

supposedly, codiene, morphine, fentanyl, and methadone does not harm hearing.

"Medical research concerning Vicodin and hearing loss indicates some preliminary findings that long-term use of morphine and codeine, the "natural" opiates, do not appear to cause hearing dysfunction. Complicating the research into this phenomenon is the fact that other synthetic opiates like Fentanyl and Methadone have not been linked to hearing loss at all-yet!"

Vicodin and Hearing Loss: Medication Side Effects ! Hearing loss, Vicodin and hearing ...

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jillio

Didn't we have another discussion about ototoxic drugs a while back?

Oceanbreeze

More than likely. Some people don't do searches, though. But, it bears repeating, so I added my .02.

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jillio

Good! Wasn't sure if it was a case of deja vu, or if my memory was faulty!

Oceanbreeze

No, dear. You're fine.

This has been hashed out before.

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jillio

Thank you for your reassurrances. I feel much better now.

Doug5

sorry rehashing this topic and posting in the wrong section.

I was freaked out learning this. Ive been taking pain medicine for several months for my arthritis. My hearing doesnt feel as sharp.

I hope my doctor will switch medications without too much hassel. He is paranoid about prescribing pain mediciene.

sara1981

that drugs would killed me! im tell ya

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VamPyroX

I just realized something...

I'm watching House.

House pops vicodin like candy. I guess he'll become deaf some day.

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sara1981

that would be damn true!

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Doug5

That and his liver would be ruined as well. The tylenol they add to vicodin is very toxic to the liver.

Supposedly, addicted doctors drug of choice is Fentanyl. Its 80 times more powerfull than morphine and there isnt a drug test for it yet.

There is a lot of myths and lies about opiate based pain medicienes. They arent as toxic as people think. Their main side effect thats dangerous is suppression of breathing. Thats what makes them so lethal when mixed with alcohol cuz alcohol supresses breathing as well.

Miss-Delectable

I was thinking that, too!

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jillio

Maybe we should all write the producers and suggest that they have him start loosing his hearing to keep things real! Maybe even put him in an HA.

Bottesini

He already has a bad limp. They won't give him an extra difference in my opinion.

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Oceanbreeze

I would talk to your Dr if you're worried, but from what I understand, otoxicity from vicodin is rare. It happens, but not often. I have been taking narcotic medication for fibromyalgia for about three years, and I haven't had a problem yet. I also am hearing.

I had a series of infections a few years ago that affected my hearing MORE. I was given two antibiotics that carry a known otoxicity risk, and I had severe tinnitus while being treated with these meds. The infections I had were life threatening, so I consented to treatment with the antibiotics; even though I ran a risk of losing my hearing. I figured I could adapt to any potential hearing loss, but I couldn't adapt to being dead! Therefore, the decision to consent to treatment was easy for me to make.

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jillio

You are probably right. A doctor with a limp and a hearing aid would be too much for the general public to handle!

jillio

This is true. Ototoxicity occurrs with more than recommended doses over a long period of time. In other words, with someone who abuses the medication, and not someone who uses it as prescribed.

Oceanbreeze

Thank you, Jillio. I had heard that, but wasn't sure of the particulars. From what I know, otoxicity from vicodin IS rare, but it can happen. As I previously stated, I was at a much higher ototoxicity risk from the antibiotics they had me on (gentamycin and vancomycin) than I was from the pain meds I've taken since my fibro diagnosis.

I would think, though, that the more ototoxic drugs you're on, the higher the risk for heareing loss may be.

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jillio

Well, the risk is cummulative, but then, too, you can never be sure which drug caused it if you are taking several that have ototoxicity. Also, dosage is important. Hydrocodone (the drug that is responsible for the ototoxicity) is present in several different pain meds. Vicodin has less per dose than many of the others.

Doug5