Hearing status in patients with overdose of illicit drugs.

Autor:	Mokhtarinejad F; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Peyvandi AA; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Shadnia S; Toxicology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran.; Loghman-Hakim Hospital Poison Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Peyvandi H; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Rezvani M; Loghman-Hakim Hospital Poison Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Khoshsirat S; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Oroei M; Hearing Disorders Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran [Med J Islam Repub Iran] 2021 May 01; Vol. 35, pp. 56. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 01 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.47176/mjiri.35.56
Abstrakt:	Background: The overdose of illicit drugs is not always fatal but can lead to various complications. One of the unusual medical complications is a sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). There are multiple case reports about this subject. Considering the importance of hearing loss on quality of life, we investigated hearing status in patients with overdose of illicit drugs. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in Loghman Hakim hospital in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, in 2016-2017. The hearing status of 95 patients with illicit drugs overdose and 44 healthy individuals were assessed using standard pure tone audiometry and distortion product otoacoustic emissions. The patient group was categorized based on hearing status and compared based on some variables. We applied 2 independent t tests, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, and binary logistic regression tests. All analyses were conducted in Stata 12 (STATA Corp, USA) and significance level was set at less than 0.05. Results: We found higher percentage frequency of SNHL in the patient group than the control group (15.8% vs 2.3%; p=0.021). The frequency of hearing loss was 21.7% in opioid users, 5.3% in stimulant users, and 6.3% in concomitant use of both. There was a significant relationship between SNHL and overdose of illicit drugs (aOR = 14.48, 95% CI = 1.53-136.44; p=0.019) with adjusting age, sex, and smoking. Conclusion: Illicit drugs overdose can potentially affect the hearing system. Opioid drugs, especially methadone and tramadol, have been found to affect the hearing system. Therefore, it is important to conduct longitudinal studies to demonstrate the role of opioid drugs on the hearing system. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared (© 2021 Iran University of Medical Sciences.)
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