From the November 2014 issue of Duke Medicine’s Health News (HN)
Over-the-Counter Painkillers Linked to Hearing Loss
The three most commonly used medications in the U.S. have a significant, and little-known, side effect
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If you automatically reach for a Tylenol or Advil when you feel a twinge of pain or headache, perhaps you should think twice next time. A Harvard study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology suggests that frequent use of ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or acetaminophen (Tylenol) may be an important contributor to hearing loss in […]