New to Tinnitus

Hi I have only had Tinnitus in one ear for about 2 months. It started when I started taking Fexofenadrin for itchy skin. After about a week a buzzing in my ear started. I didn't connect the two until I stopped taking the Fexofenadrine for a week and the buzzing stopped. As soon as I started it again the buzzing and ringing started again. My GP changed the antihistamine to Loratadine and the same thing happened. I don't understand why it only effects one ear and why the antihistamine triggers the Tinnitus. I need to take antihistimines daily and am reluctant to do so in case the Tinnitus starts up again and then doesn't stop.

Has anyone else experienced this with antihistamines?

Any advice appreciated.

[Kellythecat-74]

Hi NainTaid, There are many meds that can cause or make Tinnitus worse. ( but not to most people) Try google

ehealthme.com/ds/fexadine-h....

It states that some people have reported experiencing Tinnitus on this med. Speak to your doctor , he should be able to find you another one.

[Hidden in reply to Kellythecat-74]

Thank you for the link. This is very helpful. I appreciate it.😊

[Hidden in reply to Kellythecat-74]

Hi Sorry to be a nuisance but the link ehealthme.com/ds/fexadine-h...

goes to a page which no longer exists. See attached.

[Kellythecat-74 in reply to Hidden]

sorry I google loads of stuff. sometimes this happens that I cant find it again.

Here's one, Try... drugs.com. lists drugs A-Z then go down the list to Fexofenadine.

scroll through side effects , keep going down until you get to " less common" scroll down and find "ringing or buzzing in the ears" .

[Hidden in reply to Kellythecat-74]

Thank you. ..You are so kind to find this for me.This worked and is helpful. I managed to find out about Fexofenadine.

[Barbiebabbs]

It's probably your ear that's more sensitive and you probably have a damaged nerve in your head or in your ear mine only rang in 1 year because that's the only ear that the stupid ear Doctor's jacked with one of them blew air in it the other 1 took a stomach and then I took 2 hearing test within a month and the second hearing test made both my ears ring off the wall and after about a week subsided and went down into 1 ear and it liked to never quite down enough to work I could get undefressed, I was told it's in your head not in your ear, And I noticed I went out with the Sun and started taking cyber hyper hyper Dean and I noticed that just now thought of it got a little bit louder but it quit and then I took pretty zone about 3 days and it's really not hearing that at all, But it's nurry racking

[Hidden in reply to Barbiebabbs]

Thanks. The ear that it affected was perforated five years ago so maybe that is why the Fexofenadine only affected that ear. Never thought of that. Thanks .

[Stoer]

A good number of years ago I developed itchy skin but instead of going down the antihistamine route I worked out what was causing the itchiness. I established that it was strawberries, kiwi fruit and grapes. As long as I didn't eat any of these fruits I didn't have an itchy skin. According to my these are quite common allergies. Years later, I started to gradually reintroduce these fruits and found that I could do so without itching.I hope you find a satisfactory solution to your itching.

[Hidden in reply to Stoer]

Thank you.