Ah-HA!! --- Misuse of Pain Drug Linked to Hearing Loss (LA Times)

[arwalden]

Just in case you missed the link in this week's Top-10. I always wondered what caused Rush's sudden and profound deafness... and why it was that he mysteriously got better. --- It all makes sense now.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-091001vicodin.story

Misuse of Pain Drug Linked to Hearing Loss

- Doctors in L.A. and elsewhere have identified at least 48 cases of deafness tied to prolonged misuse of Vicodin and other comparable prescription medicines.

By LINDA MARSA, TIMES HEALTH WRITER

A powerful and potentially addictive painkiller used by millions of Americans is causing rapid hearing loss, even deafness, in some patients who are misusing the drug, according to hearing researchers in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

So far, at least 48 patients have been identified by doctors at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles and several other medical centers who have treated patients with sudden hearing loss. The hearing problems appear to be limited to people who abuse Vicodin and other chemically comparable prescription drugs by taking exceptionally high dosages for several months or more, doctors said.

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http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-091001vicodin.story

[RobertSeattle]

1. Apparently it also causes GrOPing too

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/feature.cfm?instanceid=59485

(Rush's groping of his maid text is only available in the hard copy at this point)

[eleny]

3. And death....

http://www.oxyabusekills.com/

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. I asked someone affiliated with a prosecutor why

they just don't give Limbaugh a blood test since they have probable cause. They said it was because the alleged incident occurred more than six month previous and chances are that the drug wouldn't show up in his bloodstream. I don't buy it.