Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hello,

Has anyone experienced tinnitus after taking a dopamine agonist?

I’ve taken mirapex on and off over the past three years and never had any issues; however, I’ve recently developed tinnitus after taking it for a few days. I stopped the medication for 5 days and the tinnitus subsided, but came back again as soon as I started back on it.

I have had tinnitis for as long as I can remember, so I cannot comment about it being caused by Mirapex. However, tinnitis is listed as a side effect that occurred in a study of Parkinson's patients that was performed during FDA approval. There is a long list of side effects that occurred less than 1% of the time and tinnitis is one of these.

Rustsmith wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:46 pm

I have had tinnitis for as long as I can remember, so I cannot comment about it being caused by Mirapex. However, tinnitis is listed as a side effect that occurred in a study of Parkinson's patients that was performed during FDA approval. There is a long list of side effects that occurred less than 1% of the time and tinnitis is one of these.

Does the tinnitis impact your quality of life? If so, how do you deal with it? Honestly, it doesn’t bother me much because I sleep with noise machines. It just annoys me that I’m so susceptible to side effects.

It bothered me a little bit when I was younger, but now it is just background. I am an amateur musician and it impacts my ability to hear notes that are very high, so I moved to play the bass lines in order to avoid any conflict.

And I understand your frustration with side effects. I now have two medications that trigger extremely severe RLS that can only be shut down by doubling up on my opioids for about a week. Neither med is recognized as an RLS trigger, but restlessness is listed as a rare side effect of each one.