Query

[EarHealth2024]

Anyone experience spike in Tinnitus whilst taking Doxycycline? For a chest infection

[Fernfield]

hello, doxycycline is an ototoxic medicine, this means it can cause tinnitus as a side effect. I would mention to the gp and obtain a different antibiotic.

Extract from the NICE guidance:

Ototoxic drugs — the risk of tinnitus is reduced by limiting the dose and duration of treatment and avoiding using more than one ototoxic drug at a time. Ototoxic drugs include:

Valproate.

Loop diuretics (including furosemide and bumetanide) can cause tinnitus and reversible hearing loss.

Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause tinnitus and reversible hearing loss.

Antimalarials (quinine and chloroquine).

Tetracyclines (such as doxycycline and minocycline).

Macrolide antibiotics (such as erythromycin).

Aminoglycoside antibiotics (such as gentamicin) can cause tinnitus and permanent hearing loss associated with cochlear damage.

Cytotoxic drugs (including cisplatin) can cause tinnitus and permanent hearing loss.

You can also search on the NHS website.

[EarHealth2024 in reply to Fernfield]

Thank you.