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Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing

Many users of recreational drugs use cocaine and opioids together, often called “speedballing.” Hearing loss is a rarely reported adverse effect following recreational drug abuse. Only one case has been reported in history with hearing loss caused by speedballing. Here, we present the case of a 38-y...

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Autores principales: Qureshi, Zaheer Ahmad, Shrestha, Elina, Budhathoki, Pravash, Ghazanfar, Haider, Dileep, Arundhati, Akhter, Muhammad S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35106226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20686
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author Qureshi, Zaheer Ahmad
Shrestha, Elina
Budhathoki, Pravash
Ghazanfar, Haider
Dileep, Arundhati
Akhter, Muhammad S
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description Many users of recreational drugs use cocaine and opioids together, often called “speedballing.” Hearing loss is a rarely reported adverse effect following recreational drug abuse. Only one case has been reported in history with hearing loss caused by speedballing. Here, we present the case of a 38-year-old female who presented with speedball abuse and new-onset bilateral hearing loss to the emergency department. A computed tomography scan of the head was unremarkable. She was treated with thiamine, folate, multivitamins, and intravenous fluids. The hearing loss improved without any acute intervention. The significance of sudden hearing loss due to recreational drug use is highlighted by this case. Apart from a few animal studies, there is no detailed research explaining the pathophysiology of speedball-induced hearing loss. Further studies and trials are needed to better understand the effects of combined and separate cocaine and opioid use on audiologic physiology.
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spelling pubmed-87859852022-01-31 Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing Qureshi, Zaheer Ahmad Shrestha, Elina Budhathoki, Pravash Ghazanfar, Haider Dileep, Arundhati Akhter, Muhammad S Cureus Internal Medicine Many users of recreational drugs use cocaine and opioids together, often called “speedballing.” Hearing loss is a rarely reported adverse effect following recreational drug abuse. Only one case has been reported in history with hearing loss caused by speedballing. Here, we present the case of a 38-year-old female who presented with speedball abuse and new-onset bilateral hearing loss to the emergency department. A computed tomography scan of the head was unremarkable. She was treated with thiamine, folate, multivitamins, and intravenous fluids. The hearing loss improved without any acute intervention. The significance of sudden hearing loss due to recreational drug use is highlighted by this case. Apart from a few animal studies, there is no detailed research explaining the pathophysiology of speedball-induced hearing loss. Further studies and trials are needed to better understand the effects of combined and separate cocaine and opioid use on audiologic physiology. Cureus 2021-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8785985/ /pubmed/35106226 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20686 Text en Copyright © 2021, Qureshi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dileep, Arundhati
Akhter, Muhammad S
Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title_full Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title_fullStr Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title_full_unstemmed Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title_short Drug-Induced Deafness: A Rare Case of Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Speedballing
title_sort drug-induced deafness: a rare case of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss following speedballing
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8785985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35106226
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20686
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