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@pixey
I have virtually the same situation as you. Afib, ablation + Watchman implant now, several SSRIs (no help & horrible side effects). The Pulsatile Tinnitus showed up in Feb 2022. I'd taken the 2 covid shots and the 2 boosters, then I got a relatively mild case of covid, but I did take the Paxlovid Rx. Then the PT started. I've been through MANY extensive tests and numerous doctors, integrative as well as specialist allopathic. I'm in Florida & I even went to a specialist Pulsatile Clinic in Great Neck NY. The Interventional radiologist, Dr. Athos Patsalides, did an occlusion test, brain venogram and angiogram. He determined my PT is not vascular. The only test I have not had yet is a lumber puncture to determine if I have excess cerebrospinal fluid, which can cause idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). This is a documented PT cause. It can't be done if you're on Eliquis or Plavix as an anticoagulant or antiplatelet use is dangerous for the spinal cord in a lumber puncture with my neurologist.
There may be glimmer of hope in this info for you, I hope so. You have my deepest empathy,
I have not heard of any clinical trials for PT.
As I now have the Watchman implant I should be able to get off Plavix in about 4 months, then I'll get the lumbar puncture.
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@pixey
The short answer to your question re: getting pulsatile tinnitus suddenly is, “Yes.”
It happened to me at the end of 30-days on
Atovaquone (Mepron), an anti-malarial, which is a category on the list I’ve linked below.
So is your drug.
“Calcium channel blockers like amlodipine (Norvasc) and diltiazem (Cardizem) have been linked to tinnitus and hearing loss.”*
*https://americanhearing.us/which-medicines-can-cause-hearing-problems-an-in-depth-look/?srsltid=AYCX9vKQYe0aaJXx9wkuvPYDip5D0rg_LrNNBDQ7NON2iwlsuQW3t6o
You can look at http://www.whooshers.com for support and information.
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I also live in Boston and wasted a lot of time at ‘the best’ hospitals in 2010.
There were interventional radiologists at NYU/Langone who understood the problem and used the best imaging techniques available at the time.
Their best guess was that the medication might have pushed me over the edge of something to which I was susceptible.
I’ve learned to live with it, but was warned it could get worse.
I hope this helps!