Welcome to the Ototoxic Drugs group.

The purpose of this list is to bring to light and discuss the ototoxic (ear-damaging) side effects various drugs have on our ears and what you can do to prevent this from occurring in the future.

If your ears have been damaged from taking any ototoxic drug, or you want to learn about drugs that can damage your ears, this is the place for you.

Ototoxic drugs can cause such ear damage as hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), hyperacusis (where sounds are now too loud), auditory hallucinations (hearing music and other phantom sounds), dizziness, vertigo (spinning sensation), ataxia (staggering gait), nystagmus (eyes jerk horizontally), all sorts of balance problems, some vision problems and some physical problems such as fatigue, poor memory, etc.