Did popping painkillers make Rush lose his hearing?

[astro]

Did popping painkillers make Rush lose his hearing?

I never knew that OxyContin, Lorcet and other hydrocodone type drugs could cause permanent hear loss if abused!

Lorcet – which, like Vicodin, is a mixture of hydrocodone and acetaminophen – has been linked to sudden and profound hearing loss in patients who misuse or abuse the drug. First in 1999 and then more forcefully in the summer of 2001, physicians at the House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles warned doctors and consumers of a “possible correlation between permanent hearing loss” and hydrocodone-acetaminophen combinations such as Lorcet and Vicodin. The Los Angeles Times reported in September 2001 that doctors at House and other Southern California medical facilities had identified 48 patients who suffered hearing loss after taking exceptionally high doses of the drugs.

[HelenGawn]

Hmmm. I always assumed it was from atropy; if you don’t use it, you lose it.

[Zenster]

Nah. He’s been deaf to reason for quite some time now.

[FallenAngel]

After surgery a couple of years ago I was on a pretty good dose of hydrocodone for a while. Occasionally, about half an hour after taking it I’d get problems with my hearing. Everything sounded like I was wearing earplugs. It would usually last about half an hour and then clear up.

I guess if you were taking high doses for quite a while it can just stay that way. Interesting.