tinnitus?

[JeffreyM]

Hello, Since switching to Kaletra from Crixivan I have developed tinnitus. sometimes the high pitched ringing is really too much. It is very challenging!  I talked my Docs about it and I was told there is no treatment for it.  the funny thing is I'm 1/2 deaf and still hear the high pitched buzz type sound in both of my ears. Does anybody else have experience with tinnitus?  Thanks  JeffreyM

[J.R.E.]

Hello Jeffrey,

You will find a few of us here that deal with tinnitus on a daily basis, and also in different degrees. Mine started early in 2004, just shortly after starting antiretroviral therapy. I was at that time ( still am on ) Viramune, Epzicom and Viread. I believe it was most likely brought on, at that time, by some of the medications that I was on, including Dapsone and Zithromax. But of course, I can't prove that. I went for an MRI in 2004, and had bulging neck vertebrae ( I believe it was c-5 and c-6) which was thought to also possibly have contributed to the Tinnitus.

Here's a few links for you to read. Some of those links ( within the links) are not working anymore, as they were part of the old Aidsmeds forums, which have since been  dissolved :


http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=7427.0

http://www.tinnitusformula.com/infocenter/articles/conditions/drugs.aspx

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Current/Q182123.html


Also touched on lightly, in this thread :

http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=14376.msg179172#msg179172

Also, If you click on the search button, (On the top of the forums page, just under the Aidsmeds logo, and type in tinnitus), you may be able to find some more threads on this topic within these forums.

I still have tinnitus. I  have very minimal hearing loss--- ( at least as of my last hearing test) Some days are definitely worse than others. Almost sounds at times, like someone set off fireworks, next to my ears !!




Take care-----Ray

[J.R.E.]

Jeffrey,

You can also try this site. Scroll down slightly and enter tinnitus in the search box. Lots of good info there also :

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PozHealth/


Ray

[JeffreyM]

Thanks Ray!  Sorry it took me so long to respond to your replies.  Some days can be almost too much!  Thanks for the links!  JeffreyM

[jack]

I got it several years ago while on a 6months stint on Reyataz. I experience it all day long but its much louder at night. I have no idea if its an age thing or a reyataz thing. I did read where several people on reyataz experienced this. very annoying.

[MitchMiller]

Have it 24/7... first appeared at sero-conversion, then went away as my body throttled back the virus... only to emerge about 7 months later when my TCell count dropped into the low 200's.  Now after 4.5 years on meds (wow... that long!)... the meds actually make it louder... even acyclovir makes it louder... but especially Sustiva does.  Before meds, it actually hurt... it was horrible... now it's tolerable, but still annoying.  I don't even mention it to my doc any more.  An ENT doc told me it was most likely caused by some virus (HIV or other taking advantage of a suppressed immune system).  You'll eventually get more used to it just always being there.

[PozMike]

I've lived with it since about 2001. It started in 2001 and got continually more annoying. Then in 2003 it leveled off. Some days it'slike listening to a loud air conditioner and some days it's like a roaring jet. My hearing AIDS seem to make it worse, but I think that might be additional pressure since the tinnitus  "sound" is not really sound.