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I think regulation is needed in healthcare and for food and water quality. You can’t trust big pharma or the corporations to keep you safe, I would say.
The methotrexate warning is a concern. I have used both for 20 years. Good to know. But really they say that Nsaids interact with MTX also and the rheums disregard this often and so do the pharmacies in my experience. So I am going to do the “watchful waiting”
Kelly I have bi-lateral hearing loss and have had for over 10 years. I believe this is due to my meds. If you Google oto-toxic meds you’ll see that many of the meds we may take are included.
The mtx and ppi issue I will be keeping an eye on also as I am on both of those, along with the Nsaids that Annette mentioned.
I find it curious that both ibuprofen (generic Advil) and acetaminophen (generic Tylenol) are included, with the idea that each is affecting hearing loss in a different way. The two medications work so differently that I can’t see more than correlation here. Warrants more study, but as you said, there’s no real link to causation. The longitudinal basis for the Nurses’ Health Study leaves a lot of room for other explanations for the correlation.
However, I think there are plenty of good reasons to be cautious about overuse of both ibuprofen and acetaminophen, particularly in terms of liver damage over the long term.
Hi Kelly,
Thanks so much for posting this. I’ve been thinking a lot about the meningitis outbreak myself, and actually just wrote a lot about it yesterday on my own blog. Here’s the link, in case you have a few moments to read: http://rudeawakenings.org/2012/10/25/meningitis-and-the-2012-presidential-election/?preview=true&preview_id=245&preview_nonce=0bc7e5b38c.
I so appreciate everything you do for the community, and follow you religiously. You’re an inspiration to all of us! Hope Sandy doesn’t impact you too much on the East coast, and that you enjoy some nice fall weather this weekend (I’m in Tampa, so enjoying the cooldown a TON). 🙂
All the best,
Jessica
Interesting. I just met a woman who had complete hearing loss in one year, and she has RA. Dr’s don’t know what happened. It was very sudden.
I meant complete hearing loss in one EAR not year. Sorry.
It’s scary; we need to fund the FDA and direct their activity towards regulating the production of medications and we need to make sure they have the power to to enforce very strict regulations for safety that don’t restrict availability. It’s a balancing act on a tight wire and the FDA doesn’t have the funds, regulations or powers that it needs to do it’s job. I also don’t think it’s focus isn’t in the right place and it’s relationship with the pharmacy companies is too close. Only congress – with pressure from us – can make this happen. We should press for action.
Thanks again Kelly!! I am always vigilent about health warnings, they usually state “For the elderly and those at risk” which means us. Although most days with RD I feel elderly! I try to avoid hospitals or germie places, my workplace is bad enough!!