References & Sources

Aspirin limits drug-caused deafness

Giving regular aspirin to patients taking certain antibiotics may ward off the hearing loss that the drugs sometimes cause, according to a study in guinea pigs.

References:

Sha, S.-H., and J. Schacht. 1999. Salicylate attenuates gentamicin-induced ototoxicity. Laboratory Investigation 79(July).

Sources:

Jochen Schacht
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
1301 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0506

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 11, September 11, 1999, p. 175. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.