Thursday, April 27, 2006

Aspirin May Prevent Ototoxicity of Aminoglycosides - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today

Aspirin May Prevent Ototoxicity of Aminoglycosides - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 26 — Hearing loss associated with aminoglycoside antibiotics might be prevented by prophylactic concomitant aspirin, according to researchers here.
The finding may be particularly helpful in developing countries, where inexpensive aminoglycosides are often used for multidrug resistant tuberculosis and other infections, Su-Hua Sha, M.D., of the University of Michigan and colleagues reported in the April 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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