My vet suggested this ear medication because my dog has chronic ear infections. However I am concerned because they never even tested her ears to see what bacteria is causing the problem, and they said I would have to give her this ear stuff for the rest of her life..... I am worried that it may have bad effects on her health and I am not sure yet if I want to use it and I may return the bottle. I asked about any side effects and they said there are none, which makes me kind of suspicious because he also said I had to carefully count the drops or it may burn her ears.... how can this be safe for her if it can burn her ears??
The medication contains Glacial acetic acid 1% Boric acid 0.4% in Propylene glycol
it also says Aluminium acetate/hydrocortisone 0.5/1%
Does anyone know about these chemicals? are they dangerous? any information would be helpful as I am losing trust in my vet and I dont want to use something dangerous on my dog...
Thanks in advance for any help.
2006-09-22 12:37:39 · 3 answers · asked by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 in Pets ➔ Dogs
It is called Otic solution...
My dog was on Otomax for one week after she had surgery for an aural hematoma. It cleared her up but it is starting to come back and when she got her stitches out today he gave me this new Otic solution.
2006-09-22 12:53:46 · update #1
What is the name of the medication. If it is something like oticalm, or malaseb, or Triz EDTA, those are general ear cleaners and they are fine. But if it is something like Otomax, or the generic form, that is ONLY intended for use 1 week at a time, because it contains steroids, and it is a medication. It's white and makes your dogs ear greasy.
The otic solution should be fine...it sounds like an ear flush. Usually liquids are cleansers. The only reason dogs go on otomax is if they have an ear infection Yeast mostly. Sounds like she had an ear infection, She was shaking her head because of the itching and pain, in which ruptured some blood vessels,...giving her a hemotoma.
2006-09-22 12:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by lilbit 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My toy collie mix had the same problem as your dog. At the age of one, she started with one ear infection a yr. By the age of 5, she was having several ear infections a yr and the vet wanted to keep her on the say med as yours for the rest of her life.
I had been doing a lot of research on vaccinations and their side effects and their duration of immunity. Immunity is many years, not just one or three.
I stopped all vaccinations on my dog when she was 5 yrs. She is now 8 1/2. She has not had an ear infection in over 1 1/2 yrs now and I am not using the meds on her.
Please read the Wisconsin University weblinks on duration of immunity and then research side effects. Cronic ear infections are just one of many!
http://svmweb.vetmed.wisc.edu/articles/68/5/39
http://www.news.wisc.edu/releases/8413.html
Another good place to look and get links is
http://www.critteradvocacy.org This site was written by a vet in Texas.
2006-09-22 13:03:07 · answer #2 · answered by A Great Dane Lady 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it were my dog I would want to know the underlying cause of the ear infections. It could be anything from allergies to a brain tumor causing this.
Food allergies cause an excessive buildup of earwax. That is a simple thing to correct. A brain tumor is not. I would be looking for a different vet, this one sounds lazy.
Good luck to you and your dog.
2006-09-22 12:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sharingan 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
just buy a general ear cleaner and use daily i have dogs with that prob and thats what i use it works.
2006-09-22 12:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by maureen a 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋