Protracted tinnitus after discontinuation of long-term therapeutic use of benzodiazepines.
The presence of protracted tinnitus after discontinuation of long-term therapeutic doses of diazepam (less than or equal to 30 mg/day) is described in three patients. In one of these patients, the association of the tinnitus appearance with the drug discontinuation was documented in a double-blind, randomized, crossover single case study. Objective confirmation of drug use or of abstinence was performed by obtaining plasma benzodiazepine concentrations. The findings provide further documentation that sensory disturbances of short- and long-term duration are among the most distinctive clinical features of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology*
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines