Open Access<p>Amoxicillin and Risk of Hearing Loss: Analysis of Reported Cases Submitted to the WHO Global Database</p>
Author(s) -
Mulugeta Russom,
Aziza Afendi,
Amon Solomon Ghebrenegus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug, healthcare and patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1179-1365
DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s254723
Subject(s) - amoxicillin , medicine , hearing loss , pharmacovigilance , pediatrics , drug , audiology , psychiatry , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Penicillins have never been associated with any form of hearing disorders. The Eritrean Pharmacovigilance Centre recently received two cases of hearing disorder (including one case of deafness) following the intake of amoxicillin capsules. This study was conducted to assess the causal link between amoxicillin and deafness.