# Blood thinners and tinnitus

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687 "2023-11-21T12:28:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nikkimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nikkimm](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Nikkimm)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687/1 "2023-11-21T12:28:51Z")

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Good morning! Dr Hepworth just put me on Brilinta pending surgery. Is tinnitus one of the symptoms I can expect a blood thinner to help with? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![jsisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@jsisto](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/jsisto)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687/2 "2024-11-15T13:08:20Z")

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Did you get any relief of your tinnitus with the blood thinner?

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**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687/3 "2024-11-15T23:31:52Z")

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I see the original post didn’t get a reply. Sorry about that! Blood thinners can help reduce the head pressure symptoms which can help the overall way a person w/ IJV compression feels. I believe in some cases it reduces the volume of tinnitus, but I can’t remember if anyone has mentioned it going away completely. Even with surgery, tinnitus can stick around for a while or permanently, but it often gets softer in volume over time. A few of our members found that continuing on a blood thinner after surgery helped reduce post op vascular compression symptoms which can take several months to settle.

I took a blood thinner briefly to see if would reduce my tinnitus & it made it louder which led Dr. Hepworth to conclude I have dehiscence (in my case a hole) somewhere in my skull. He reviewed my CT scan & found I do have one in my skull base. It’s the result of a previous surgery on my inner ear. I was super impressed that he knew what my problem most likely was even before he checked my CT scan.

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**Author:** ![jsisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@jsisto](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/jsisto)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687/4 "2024-11-19T22:22:11Z")

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Thanks for your reply. I’ve only been on Brilinta for 5 days but I can’t tell if it’s make my tinnitus worse. Definitely not better. Did it make pulsatile or constant tinnitus worse for you?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/blood-thinners-and-tinnitus/14687/5 "2024-11-20T08:41:35Z")

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I don’t have pulsatile tinnitus so it was regular, constant tinnitus that got louder for me.