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What Causes Ear Pain After Taking N-Acetylcysteine?

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Posted on Thu, 3 Nov 2016
Question: I am taking n-acetyl-cysteine and it gives me horrible ear aches why ?
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Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (19 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Looks like unrelated symptom

Detailed Answer:
Hi

I being Cardiologist use this medicine regularly and not known to cause this symptom. May that you were prescribed this medicine for some respiratory illness which now would have spread to ear or eustachian tube and producing symptom rather than medicine.

Let me know if I can assist you further with any doubt.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Follow up: Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (8 hours later)
no dr did the nac (not a prescription for me) for my homocysteine level, nothing else...the ear pain is unbearable..there has to be a better answer than this..what would be in the nac that could do this ??

I will look for follow up answer when I get home tonite..have to go to work...thank you....

I told you...no-my dr did not give NAC to me for anything but taking down my homocysteine level....when I started taking it, it gave me really bad ear aches but also took down my homocysteine level 5 points in 3 months..its the only thing that has worked in 3 yrs and we've tried everything else that all the drs and books say will take the level down and nothing does...I have the mthr factor and I take b6-b12 and folate for 3 yrs also ...all methyl forms.... no one can tell me why including that dr why my ears hurt......what is there in NAC that could possibly do this ..I need it desperately for the homocysteine level to go down farther but cant take it as my ears hurt so bad......there has to be a reason......surely someone else has had this problem is you've used NAC in yr practice as u state...plz send back an answer now since you've had 24 hrs to think about this....


why am I not getting any replies on this....I pd the fee and dr koregol said let him kno if he could help further and I sent 2nd reply/explanation......is all this a joke ?????
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Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (25 hours later)
Brief Answer:
We no more believe in reducing homocystien

Detailed Answer:
We are not generally treating the homocystien and you don't need to take medicines. just stop medicines
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D
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Follow up: Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (2 hours later)
thank you for yr time and efforts tho it is hard to believe that u dont treat it anymore.....

I pushed the wrong button and did not close you out but I am thru ...thank you very much......
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Answered by Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol (15 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Thanks

Detailed Answer:
Thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
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Dr. Prabhakar C Koregol

Cardiologist, Interventional

Practicing since :1998

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What Causes Ear Pain After Taking N-Acetylcysteine?

Brief Answer: Looks like unrelated symptom Detailed Answer: Hi I being Cardiologist use this medicine regularly and not known to cause this symptom. May that you were prescribed this medicine for some respiratory illness which now would have spread to ear or eustachian tube and producing symptom rather than medicine. Let me know if I can assist you further with any doubt.