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I got mine from Covid. I’ve read that some medicines may have a side effect of tinnitus and stopping them can make it disappear.

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Some medicines cause permanent tinnitus too by killing of hearing cells. Stopping them medicines then does not make the tinnitus disappear; it is permanent. One such medicine is valproate.

Valproic Acid is such a unique drug. They did studies which included it and found using only that substance instead of a compound with it led to the benefit without other significant side effects.

It’s on my list. Great news, 11% chance of tinnitus reported in one study and 7% in another. Tinnitus > Migraines any day.

https://reference.medscape.com/drug/valproic-acid-343024

I hsd used it briefly for pressure migraine. It gave me permanent tinnitus.

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