Aspirin Can Cause Hearing Loss

The active ingredient in aspirin, salicylate, is a commonly used antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory drug. However, consumption in large doses (6-8 gm/ day) is widely known to induce hearing loss and tinnitus.

Baby aspirin is somewhat in a different ballpark due to its lower dosage, but just saying, taking any aspirin daily, or month after month, year after year, etc., is not ideal for maintaining one’s hearing level. Bottom line is doctors pumped aspirin as a major medical benefit for anyone with heart disease, over the last century, when the little white pill did nothing for your heart. But taken over a long period of time, that little white pill could impact someone’s hearing. Because aspirin, on any level or any dosage, deadens nerves.

The data appears uncertain: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/28214845

Some studies claim preserving effect: https://medcraveonline.com/JOENTR/the-effect-of-low-dose-aspirin-on-age-related-hearing-loss.html5

Some studies present ototoxicity.

Not just aspirin. As a life-long migraineur, I found, in a scientific book or journal, that imitrex and other anti-migraine products can cause hearing loss. The article, which I probably saw 8+ years ago, mentioned a study where there was a control group (people who didn’t get migraines and seldom take aspirin or other headache products) and a target group (people who took products like aspirin, imitrex and other triptans regularly because of migraines). The migraine group reported more hearing loss, and the degree to which that was the case was statistically significant.

Sorry, but fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Aspirin usage for heart-related issues has taken a major hit over the last couple of years. At low dosage and taken for the short term, I have no problem. Taken every day like candy, you. might experience health issues, other than benefiting the heart.

A panel of disease-prevention experts says older adults who don’t have heart disease should not take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, a shift from earlier guidance.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of physicians who review scientific research to develop guidelines to improve Americans’ health, published new recommendations on April 26 advising against daily aspirin use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in people age 60 and older.

Taking baby aspirin daily has been routine for millions of Americans looking to prevent a heart attack or stroke. Aspirin has blood-thinning properties that can reduce the likelihood of blood clots forming in the arteries. But these same properties can also cause ulcers and bleeding in the digestive tract.

The task force says in its new recommendations that low-dose daily aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a modest benefit for people ages 40 to 59 who aren’t at increased risk for bleeding.

It concludes that there is “no net benefit” of taking aspirin for primary prevention of heart disease in those 60 and older.

Just saying, those folks with a hearing loss might think twice about throwing down aspirin every day, Risky in my opinion.

Thanks for the clear summary. Personally I am in the category of people who would like to avoid a second CVD-event, so it seems I should continue taking my little white pills (along with some others).

Veering a little off-topic: The real cause of my heart problems is a crazy high blood level of lipoprotein a- I have no other risk factors. Unlike cholesterol, Lp(a) levels are fully determined genetically, and it was fairly recently recognized as a serious and widespread risk factor for CVD. The recommendation is for everyone to get tested once in their lifetime, and aggressively address the other CVD risk factors if positive.

What I am really waiting for now is a drug that lowers Lp(a). Three of them are in Phase III testing:

Pharma bets a little-known form of cholesterol will underpin its next...3

Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are betting that slashing levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol could deliver the next blockbusters in cardiology.

Bleeding is a well-established adverse effect of aspirin, not a myth at all. The debate is how this disadvantage weighs up against all the positive effects.

Don’t ever base your understanding on one paper you find randomly. Science is about assessing the ENTIRE body of literature.

This is basically what anti-vaxxers do:

I can assure you @ronshere 9 straight UTI’s after long term use of Aspirin was extreme, and anyone whom has had a UTI will be very aware of the prolonged pain and suffering involved, but the UTI’s stopped once the Aspirin stopped, so logic tells me, Aspirin was the route cause, well that’s what the consultant Urologist advised…That’s not to say that everyone will get a UTI from Aspirin, they won’t, but the chances of continued multiple UTI’s increases by around 70% with long term usage of Aspirin, if you are over 60… Cheers Kev

How UTIs Can Cause Delirium and Worsen Dementia1

UTIs can trigger delirium and accelerate cognitive decline in older adults.

Why would anyone take 6-8gm/day? The recommendation for heart health is 75mg per day. A very big difference.

Late into his career my father could smell cancer. Trained dogs can sniff it out just as well as our machines, so makes sense that we could do it too at least for more advanced cases.

I do not have your father’s extremely keen nose @Neville but I believe some folks have acutely raised senses! I recall working with duel sensory loss clients (Deaf/Blind) their sense of smell was quite extraordinary, and it was instantaneous, the second I entered their house, they would say, Hello Kevin, they could smell me, admittedly I use rather expensive aftershaves, but it was usually never the same one, I have maybe 15 different varieties of aftershaves to choose from… But, they always knew it was me! My wife over the last 13 years, has had 4 different Cancers, so I know I can’t smell them, Breast Cancer, that spread into the Lymph nodes, Bowel Cancer, and 2 separate Lung Cancers, where half a Lung was removed, the Lung Cancer Op was February this year, it is amazing she had 2 entirely different Cancers on the one Lung… I honestly don’t know where she gets the mental strength from, to cope with all these Cancers, she is extremely resilient and strong willed… Elspeth is doing brilliant, but obviously her breathing has been somewhat curtailed, she has many other ailments, like COPD, Type 2 diabetes, Sleep Apnea to name but a few, she is one very hardy human being, but above all, her strength of spirit, and will to live, makes her a special person, where lesser mortals like me would have capitulated years ago, she just soldiers on!!! Cheers Kev