I would like to know if anyone has experienced hearing loss with Metolozone (Zaroxolyn)?
- Posted:
- 12 weeks ago by Oswego Lady
- Topics:
- zaroxolyn, high blood pressure, edema
Answers (2)
You will find a comprehensive and accurate list of side-effects for Metolazine here:
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/metolazone-side-effects.html
I could find no reference to hearing loss.
I was looking up the same thing for my neighbor. He was wondering the same thing so I can just compare what he has told me.
He started it last year and said sometime within the year started having problems hearing. He told me it feels more like a blocking like wax build up but the doctor said no and it as old age saying he needs a hearing aid. He also says there is some kind of clicking sound and recently it's not a low sound but more of a distortion of sounds.
If his hearing was going I don't think he'd be so sensitive to loud restaurants but he is.
Any similarities?
Thanks.
From what I've looked up, I also found loop diuretics known to be associated with hearing difficulty. Metolazone is a thiazide-like diuretic. It apparently acts similar but lacks the benzothiadiazine molecular structure common to thiazide diuretics. However because of this as far as molecular structure goes, it actually resembles furosemide in my perspective which is a loop diuretic that is tied with hearing difficulty.
I did find some warnings of hearing difficulty with metolazone.
http://www.capitalhealth.ca/EspeciallyFor/HeartSchool/HeartMedications/Metolazone.htm
So it must be at least some what related.
Plus, if the medications are for similar uses the maybe hearing loss is associated with the way the drug functions. I think it is possible for it to cause hearing loss or difficulty.
He's going to see his Doctor Thursday. I told him to ask about something else maybe an actual thiazide diuretic and not thiazide-"like".
I also found side effects listing depression which he seems to have which is another reason to try something else.
Where did you find side effects of hearing loss for Metolazone? I need to copy the information for my doctor.
Thanks.
That blue link
the url in the middle of my last comment
I found it in some other places too which I can probably find
but if you follow that link
half way through it says
When Should You Call Your Doctor?
Call your doctor as soon as possible if you develop a rash, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, or hearing difficulty. .....
That is about Metolazone
I'll find out tomorrow if my neighbor had any progress with it.
From what he tells me, the doctors seem quick to say it's just old age. They don't seem to even want to consider it a side effect like he's just a hassle to them.
Are you taking this for high blood pressure?
I was just wondering because it seems like it has other uses.
I took Lasix (a loop diuretic) first for about a year. I found I was had a loss of hearing during that year so I started to research the medication. The Mayo Clinic found that loop diuretics do cause hearing loss. I changed to Metalazone (a thiazide diuretic) and I'm not sure if my hearing is worse but I didn't regain any of the loss. I really feel that all diuretics can cause hearing loss but can't find proof. It seems all medications have some kind of side effect :-(