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#Otomax ear mods
If you think your post does not appear in the newly submitted area, please message the mods The above information is very important in how we deal with different situations, so please ensure that you include this in your post. Used to treat bacterial infections of the outer ear in dogs How it works: Since it has three active ingredients Gentamicin, Betamethasone, and Clotrimazole, Otomax ointment provides antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal activity to fight infections of the outer ear along with the inflammation. Links to any test results, vet reports, X-rays etc. Length of time you have seen these changes Relevant clinical signs (vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, fever etc) Signalment (species, age, sex/neuter status, breed, body weight) If you have a specific question about your animal's diagnosed illness or potential causes of clinical signs you are seeing, please include the following information in the text of your submission: We will not give our opinions regarding the pricing of medical services, as this can be extremely variable based on geographic location and hospital capabilities. There are several common misconceptions about pet food that should not be posted to this sub and may be removed at the mods' discretion. An anecdote, in the context of medicine, relates to an individual's experience with their disease or symptoms and their efforts to treat it.įor discussion on why anecdotes are useless or dangerous, or "what is the point of this sub," see this post Such posts will be deleted, and repeat violators will be banned.Īnswers involving anecdotes about your own pets are not usually appropriate in this sub and may be removed at the mods' discretion. Giving OP specific instructions on medications and dosages is both unethical and illegal without an existing doctor-patient relationship.
If you are a veterinary professional (veterinarian, technician, student, etc.) and have non-medical questions, /r/veterinaryprofession would be a better sub to post on. We will not give opinions on whether or not another veterinarian is treating your animal correctly or incorrectly. We are not here to diagnose your pet or tell you specifically how he/she should be treated, but as a second source of information.
If you want to answer questions in this sub, please review and follow The Sub Rules. preparing for vet school, general animal husbandry questions). All questions are allowed, including those that are not specifically about your pet (i.e. This allows us to advise patients to keep unfinished drops for potential future use with beneficial economic implications.This is a space in which current or prospective animal owners can ask questions and get advice from professionals within the veterinary community. Otic products containing betamethasone (Otomax). It is likely these findings apply to other antimicrobial drops and for other organisms. Most ear products contain various combinations of glucocorticoids, antibiotics, antifungals, and parasiticides. aeruginosa over at least 4 months from opening, or that the bottle contents become contaminated after use in patients with culture-positive otorrhea. There appears to be no evidence that antimicrobial ear drops containing either gentamicin or ciprofloxacin lose their efficacy against either S. The drop solution itself also showed no contamination after having been opened for 4 months and used by a patient. Of drops returned after use on infected patients, none of the cultures from the teats of the bottle grew any organisms. Neither antibiotic showed deterioration in effectiveness against either microorganism over a 4-month period, as assessed by the size of inhibitory zones on inoculated agar plates. In addition, drops used for 1 week on patients with culture-positive otorrhea were analyzed for contamination of both the bottle teat and the drop solution. Bottles were also assessed for contamination once opened. Their effectiveness was assessed on agar plates inoculated with both Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We aimed to determine appropriate recommendations for the shelf life of common antibiotic-containing topical otic solutions.Įar drops containing gentamicin and ciprofloxacin were analyzed. The advice given to patients regarding the shelf life of antimicrobial ear drops is based on little or no evidence.
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