Auditory health should not be noticed until problems appear such as sordera, mareos or tinnitus. Sin embargo, many people do not know that some medications may directly damage the internal body. As part of the World Health Organization, millions of people can suffer secondary hearing effects through the use of common medications.

Antibiotics, chemotherapy drugs and diuretics included, some vital for the treatment of serious illnesses, also present an ocultochemical risk: ototoxicity. This term describes the irreversible damage that certain pharmaceuticals cause to the sensory cells of the ear, essential for hearing and maintaining balance.

Therefore, identifying the medications that cause hearing problems is fundamental to preventing complications. The scientific investigation has identified six main groups of medications with adverse effects on hearing, alerting both doctors and patients.

Aminoglucose antibiotics and hearing loss

Aminoglycoside antibiotics, such as gentamicin, amicina and tobramicina, are used to treat serious infections. Sin embargo, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine informs that between 20% and 50% of patients receive hearing aid for their use.

Según un estudio en Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, este efecto se debe acumulación del fármaco en las ciliadas ciliadas del oído interno, dende genera free radicals que las destroyyen irreversiblemente, provocando sórdida progresiva y, en manyos casos, tinnitus persiste.

Furthermore, an article in The Anatomical Record suggests that some aminoglycosides do not only affect hearing, but also balance. The gentamicin, for example, is highly vestibulotóxica and can cause chronic problems and loss of stability.