Tinnitus and Heart Medication

[Camelliared]

Does anyone know if heart meds. can cause Tinnitus?

Have got a loud hissing in one ear and pressure in both, 4 months after heart attack

[Chappychap]

I've never heard of tinnitus being a side effect of heart meds. However, I have heard that tinnitus can be a symptom of type 2 diabetes, which is a common co-morbidity for heart disease sufferers. Here's an example,

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/234...

You should speak to your GP.

[Camelliared in reply to Chappychap]

Saw a gp today. Could find nothing wrong and didn’t know if heart meds. could be causing it. Sent me for a hearing test!

[Deanosbeano]

Yeah I get it when I start a new blood pressure tablet , had it when I started amlopidine for about 3 months post surgery, after surgery it was changed to rampiril and so far I've had it around 7 weeks , mostly when I wake and evenings.

[HectorsDad]

Tinnitus can be aggravated by low blood pressure, or perhaps a drop in blood pressure is more accurate. It is often associated with feinting, for example. So it is likely that heart meds will make it worse.

My Tinnitus certainly gets worse after using GTN, but it is pretty bad to start with and I struggle with low BP anyway.

Tinnitus is a poorly understood group of conditions, and everyone is different.

[Camelliared in reply to HectorsDad]

Thanks for reply. My blood pressure is low because of the medication Im on after a heart attack.