Ototoxicity

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Introduction

• Toxic to the ear.

• Ototoxic pharmaceutical agents include:

• amikacin ( Amikin)
• aminoglycoside antibiotic
• azithromycin ( Zithromax)
• bumetanide ( Bumex)
• capreomycin ( Capastat)
• carboplatin ( CDBCA, Paraplatin)
• cisplatin ( Platinol)
• erythromycin ( Eryc, E-mycin, Ilotycin, AK-Mycin, A/T/S, T-stat)
• ethacrynic acid ( Edecrin)
• furosemide ( Lasix)
• gentamicin ( Garamycin, Genoptic)
• hydroxychloroquine ( Plaquenil)
• kanamycin ( Kantrex)
• mechlorethamine ( Mustargen)
• neomycin ( Mycifradin)
• netilmicin ( Netromycin)
• paromomycin ( aminosidine, Humatin)
• streptomycin
• tetracycline ( Achromycin, Sumycin)
• tobramycin ( Nebcin, Tobrex)
• vancomycin ( Vancocin)
• vinblastine or vincaleukoblastine ( Velban, Velsar, Alkaban-AQ)
• vincristine, 22-oxovincaleukoblastine or leurocristine ( Oncovin, Vincasar PFS)
• vinorelbine ( Navelbine)

More General Terms

• toxicity; poisoning; overdose

Additional Terms

• ear

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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