Gentamicin
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Oct 29, 2026
Rob DiMartinoGUEST
And we know that.
Rob DiMartinoGUEST
Medications like Gentamicin, which is a specific type of antibiotic, if a person has a certain amount of mitochondrial DNA damage... and they take gentamicin, within a week, they'll go deaf.
Rob DiMartinoGUEST
Because that will damage that part of the mitochondria.
Rob DiMartinoGUEST
We know that.
Professor DHOST
Box 8.5. Serious adverse effects of antibiotic treatment.
Professor DHOST
Gentamicin is what type of drug? What's the classification? Aminoglycoside.
Professor DHOST
Remember the aminoglycosides? Those are the big guns.
Professor DHOST
Those are the cannons.
Professor DHOST
This is not our first live antibiotic that we give for infections.
Professor DHOST
We give this when nothing else is working.
Professor DHOST
Gentamicin can cause severe renal damage and autotoxicity.
Professor DHOST
It can cause bone marrow depression.