Does anyone else on sub experience this? I have high blood pressure and i'm on meds for it. Ever since i've started taking sub i started experiencing ringing in my ears and it is driving me nuts. Anyone else have this problem?
Ringing in my ears on subuxone?
Question posted by SUBconscious on 3 April 2010
Last updated on 3 April 2018 by Jessedk
4 Answers
Jessedk
3 April 2018
Yeah my ears ring to high heaven. And I'm on Lisinopril for high blood pressure.
Inactive
4 April 2010
Yeah, suboxone as with any presciption pain medicine can cause some ringing in the ears. Mine ears always ring, but, I notice it is louder on the suboxone. See if splitting your dose into 2 halves ( whatever you are taking) and taking half in the morning and half in the afternoon helps after a week. It takes about 5 days to a week for your brain to adjust to the lower amount as suboxone can stay on the receptor sites that long. I don't know if you are ready to reduce your dose, but, you can call your doctor to see if it is ok to lower the dose. All bad side effects in me were reduced as I came down to a lower dose.
SUBconscious
4 April 2010
Hi guys. Thanks for the replies. Pete i'll try that towel technique of yours, and you are right no stopping the sub i've come to accept that this stuff really works. My life is so much better now i would be an ass to change the formula, my NA sponsor even said to me its all good you need it for now or perhaps even forever its no ones business if you are on sub , you are not getting high and you are a heroin addict you need it. So he helped me bash that thinking for me also.
Pattishan thanks for your input, I have already dropped my dose from 4mg down to 2mg over the last week after seeing my dr. He said i can drop and see what happens. I dropped slowly though 4 down to 3 for a couple of days on split dose and now i'm on 2mg for past two days. So far so good. Interesting thing happened though i was taking something called allergex its made out of chlorpheniranine maleate.
I took some before bed to help me sleep for the last few days but i would wake up in the middle of the night with the most intense ringing in my ears. I googled it and It turns out this medication is ototoxic meaning it is responsible for tinitus(ringing in the ears). It is not written on the insert though but then again the insert was last updated in 1972! Unbelievable! Turns out it totally goes nuts on my heart condition also and they warn about it on google. This is a hectic medication and i can't believe they sell it over the counter in my country without a script! So bottom line is i have had ear ringing come and go on sub. But ever since taking this other crap its been constant and overbearingly LOUD! Lol shees go figure.
subzero58
6 April 2010
hi subcon,that ringing is better than that satanic monkey saying "yea lets get high today no one will know". ill take anything over that... pete
FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS
2 Feb 2012
i was on 8mg a day and had ringing in my ears... when there was loud noise or someone yelling thats when it really bothered me... my dose is now 4mg a day and the ringing has completely stopped! :)
subzero58
3 April 2010
hi, from time to time i experience the same thing. its caused by the flow of blood past the inner ear and the sound of your pulse. not to worrie. better than no pulse at all. try clearing your sinuouses or holding a hot towel on the back of your neck or your forehead. this works sometime me.but stopping the sub is not an option. good luck ... pete
christineATU
3 April 2010
You're so smart then you add "better than no pulse at all" LOL!!!
Inactive
3 April 2010
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