Ciprodex vs Tobradex
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| This medication is used to treat bacterial ear infections. It is used to treat middle ear infections in children with ear tubes, as well as outer ear infections (also known as swimmer's ear) in children and adults. This medication contains a combination of ciprofloxacin (a quinolone-type antibiotic) and dexamethasone (an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid). This ear drop works by stopping the growth of bacteria and reducing ear swelling and discomfort. This medication treats only bacterial ear infections. It will not work for other types of ear infections. Unnecessary use or overuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness. | This medication is used to treat or prevent eye infections. This medication contains two drugs. Tobramycin belongs to a class of drugs called aminoglycoside antibiotics. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria. Dexamethasone belongs to a class of drugs called corticosteroids. It works by reducing swelling. This medication treats/prevents only bacterial eye infections. It will not work for other types of eye infections. Unnecessary use or overuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness. | |||
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| Add Ciprodex review After an exam, he said it was infected and prescribed one week of Ciprodex drops and if it did not get better, to return. After the first day of drops (twice a day)I started losing my hearing in the right ear and could not get the hearing aid in the ear without a lot of trouble and pain. By the third day, I could not hear at all out of my right ear and it "popped" and felt stopped up completely--the hearing aid was impossible to use. I had swimmers ear and have been using these drops for 12 days. I have pronounced ringing and a bubble feeling in the ear with diminished hearing. I read the reviews and am wondering why the ENT doc that I saw says that this is the BEST product on the market????? its a terrible product that doesn't do anything but give you more pain and hearing loss. was prescribed this two times thought maybe i got a bad batch the first time but second time around its as bad as i thought. Don't try it, if your doctor tries to prescribe it beg for something else.Had Otis media. | Add Tobradex review Can someone please comment on the effectiveness of this for severe cases of otitis externa (swimmer's ear)? It's been prescribed to me - off label of course since it's not approved for use in the ears - and I'm a little concerned. Has anyone experienced hearing loss? As with everything else there is conflicting information online. I do not want to cause any further damage to my hearing if I can avoid it! I was prescribed this after I'd had an iodine plaque put in and removed from my left eye. Up until I was prescribed the ointment I'd been taking the Tobradex drops, but a stitch was starting to come out of the scar and make it very sore, so they prescribed the ointment as a way (I guess) of speeding up the healing. It hasn't been sore since. I can move my eye around in all directions without any pain. It does tend to make the vision in that eye kind of blurry, though. | |||
