Drugs with Tinnitus Side Effects

  The following is a list of drugs which potentially can have tinnitus as a side-effect as
  indicated in the 1995 Physician's Desk Reference and distributed by the American
  Tinnitus Association.

  Accutane [less
  than 1%] 		Acromycin V

 Actifed with Codiene
Cough Syrup
  Adalat CC
  [less than 1%] 		Alferon N [one patient]

Altace [less than 1%]

  Ambien [infrequent] Amicar [occasional] Anatranil [4-5%]
  Anaprox and
  Anaprox DS [3-9%] 		Anestacon

Ansaid [1-3%]

  Aralen Hydrochloride
  [one Patient] 		Arithritis Strength BC Powder
Asacol

  Ascriptin A/D Ascriptin Asendin [less than 1%]
  Aspirin [among
  most frequent] 		Atretol

Atrofen

  Atrohist Plus

Azactam [less than
1%] 		Azo Gantanol

  Azo Gantrisin Azulfidine [rare] BC Powder
  Bactrim DS Bactrim I.V. Bactrim
  Blocadren [less
  than 1%] 		Buprenex [less
than 1%] 		BuSpar [frequent]

  Cama Capastat Sulfate Carbocaine Hydrochloride
  Cardene [rare] Cardioquin Cardizem [less than 1%]
  Cardizem CD
  [less than 1%] 		Cardizem SR [less than 1%] Cardura [1%]

  Cartrol [less
  common] 		Cataflam [1-3%]

Childrens Advil [less
than 3%]
  Cibalith-S

Cinobac [less than 1
in 100] 		Cipro [less than 1%]

  Claritin [2% or less]

Clinoril [greater than
1%] 		Cognex

  Corgard [1-5 of
  1000 patients] 		Corzide [ '' ]

Cuprimine [greater than 1%]

  Cytotec
  [infrequent] 		Dalgan [less than 1%]

Dapsone USP

  Daypro [between
  1% and 3%] 		Dasprin

Deconamine

  Demadex Depen Titratable Desferal Vials
  Desyrel & Desyrel
  Dividose [1.4%] 		Diamox

Dilacor XR

  Dipentum [rare] Diprivan [less than 1%] Disalcid
  Dolobid [greater
  than 1% in 100] 		Duranest

Dyphenhydramine [Nytol, Benydrl, etc]
  Dyclone Dasprin Dynabac
  Easprin Ecotrin Edecrin
  Effexor [2%] Elavil Eldepryl
  Emcyt Emla cream Empirin with Codiene
  Erythromycin Engerix-B Equagesic
  Esgic-plus
  [infrequent] 		Eskalith

Ethmozine [less than 2%]

  Etrafon Fansidar Feidene [1-3%]
  Fioricat with
  Codeine [infrequent] 		Flexeril [less than 1%]

Floxin [less than 1%]

  Foscavir [1-5%] Fungijzone Ganite
  Gantanol Gantrisin Garamycin
  Glauctabs HIVID [less than 1%] Halcion [rare]
  Hyperstat

Hytrin [at least 1%]

Ibuprofen [less than 3%] [Advil, etc.]
  Ilosone

Imdur [less than or equal to 5%] Indocin [greater than 1%]

  Intron A [up to 4%] Kerione [less than 2%] Lariam [among most frequent]
  Lasix Legatrin Lncocin [occasional]
  Lioresal Lithane Lithium Carbonate
  Lithobid Lithonate Lodine [greater than 1% less than 3%]
  Lopressor Ampuis Lopressor DCT [1 in 100] Lopressor
  Loreico Lotensin HCT [0.3-1%] Ludiomil [rare]
  Magnevist [less
  than 1%] 		Marinol (Dronabinol)
[less than 1%] 		Marcaine Hydrochloride

  Marcaine Spinal Maxaquin [less than 1%] Mazicon [less than 1%]
  Meclomen [greater
  than 1%] 		Marcaine Hydrochloride

Marcaine Spinal

  Maxaquin [less
  than 1%] 		Mazicon [less than 1%]

Meclomen [greater than 1%]

  Methergine [rare]

Methotrexate [less
common] 		Mexitil [1.9% to 2.4%]

  Midamor [less than
  or equal to 1%] 		Minipress [less than 1%]

Minizide [rare]

  Mintezol Moduretic Mono-Cesac
  Monopril [0.2-1%] Monopril [0.2-1%] Motrin [less than 3%]
  Mustargen
  [infrequent] 		Mykrox [less than 2%]

MZM [among most frequent]

  Nalfon [4.5%] Naprosyn [3-9%] Nebcin
  Neptazane Nescaine Netromycin
  Neurontin
  [infrequent] 		Nicorette

Nipent [less than 3%]

  Nipride Noroxin Norpramin
  Norvasc [0.1-1%] Omniscan [less than 1%] Ornade
  Orthoclone OKT3 Orudis [greater than 1%] Oruvail [greater than 1%]
  P-A-C Analgesic PBZ Pamelor
  Parnate Paxil [infrequent] Pedia-Profen [1-3%]
  Pediazole Penetrex [less than 1%] Pepcid [infrequent]
  Pepto-Bismol Periactin Permax [infrequent]
  Phenergan Phrenilin [infrequent] Piroxicam [1-3%]
  Plaquenil Platinol Plendil [0.5% or greater]
  Pontocaine
  Hydrochloride 		Prilosec [less than 1%]

Primaxin [less than 2%]

  Prinvil [0.3-1%] Prinzide [0.3-1%] Procardia [1% or less]
  ProSam [infrequent] Proventil [2%] Prozac [infrequent]
  Questran Quinaglute Quinamm
  Quinidex

Q-vel Muscle Relaxant
Pain Reliever 		Recombivax HB [less than 1%]

  Relafen [3-9%]

Rheumatrex
Methotrexate 		Rifater

  Risperdal [rare]

 Romazicon [less
than 1%] 		Ru-Tuss

  Rythmol Salflex Sandimmune [2% or less]
  Sedapap
  [infrequent] 		Sensorcaine

Septra

  Sinequan
  [occasional] 		Soma Compound

Sporanox [less than 1%]

  Stadol [3-9%] Streptomycin Sulfate Sulfadiazine
  Surmontil Talacen [rare] Talwin [rare]
  Tambocor [1% or
  less than 3%] 		Tavist and Tavist-D

Tegretol

  Temaril Tenex [3% or less] Thera-Besic
  Thiosulfil Forte Ticlid [0.5-1%] Timolide
  Timoptic Tobramycin Tofranil
  Tolectin [1-3%] Tonocard [0.4-1.5%] Toprol XL
  Toradol [1% or less] Torecan Trexan
  Triaminic Triavil Trilisate [less than 20%]
  Trinalin Repetabs Tympagesic Ear Drops Ursinus
  Vancocin HCI [rare] Vantin [less than 1%] Vascor [up to 6.52%]
  Vaseretic [0.5-2%] Vasotec [0.5-1%] Vivactil
  Voltqaren [1-3%]

 Wellbutrin

Xanax [6.6%] - Also can
be very helpful
  Xylocaine [most   common] Zestril [0.3-1%]

Zestoretic [0.3-1%]

  Ziac Zoleft [1.4%] Zosyn [less than 1%]
  Zyloprim [less than   1%]    

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