Ear Products Listed by Trade Names

Animax Ointment (Pharmaderm)

Active ingredients: Nystatin, neomycin sulfate, thiostrepton, and triamcinolone acetonide in a nonirritating polyethylene and mineral oil base.

Aurimite (Schering-Plough)

Active ingredients: Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate 1.952%, benzocaine 1.952%, technical piperonyl butoxide 0.49%, pyrethrins 0.04%.

Baytril Injection Solution (Bayer)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter of injection solution contains enrofloxacin

22.7 mg, n-butyl alcohol 30 mg, potassium hydroxide for pH adjustment, and water for injection, q.s. (quantum sufficiat).

Bur-O-Cort 2:1 (Q. A. Labs)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains Burow’s solution (astringent) 20 mg, hydrocortisone (antiinflammatory, antipruritic) 10 mg.

Burotic HC (Q. A. Labs)

Active ingredients: Hydrocortisone 1%. Other ingredients: Propylene glycol, water, Burow’s solution, acetic acid, benzalkonium chloride.

Cerumite (Evsco)

Active ingredients: Squalane (hexamethyltetracosane) 25.00%, pyrethrins 0.05%, technical piperonyl butoxide 0.50%. Inert ingredients 74.45%.

Chlora-Otic

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains chloramphenicol 4.2 mg, prednisolone

1.7 mg, tetracaine 4.2 mg, squalane 0.21 ml.

Chloromycetin Otic

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains 5 mg (0.5%) chloramphenicol in propy­lene glycol.

Cipro HC Otic (Bayer)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains ciprofloxacin HCl (equivalent to 2 mg ciprofloxacin), 10 mg hydrocortisone, and 9 mg benzyl alcohol as a preservative.

Clear X Ear Drying Solution (DVM)

Active ingredients: Acetic acid 2.5%, colloidal sulfur 2%, hydrocortisone 1%.

Coly-Mycin S Otic

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains colistin base activity 3 mg (as the sulfate), neomycin base activity 3.3 mg (as the sulfate), hydrocortisone acetate 10 mg (1%), thonzonium bromide 0.5 mg (0.5%), with polysorbate 80, acetic acid, sodium acetate buffered at a pH of 5.

Conofite Lotion (Mallinckrodt)

Active ingredients: 1.15% miconazole nitrate (equivalent to 1% miconazole base by weight), polyethylene glycol 400, and ethyl alcohol 55%.

CORT-ASTRIN Solution (Vedco)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains Burow’s solution 20 mg, hydrocortisone 10 mg in a water-miscible propylene glycol base.

Cortisporin Otic Solution

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains polymyxin B sulfate 10,000 units, neomycin sulfate 3.5 mg neomycin base, and hydrocortisone 10 mg (0.1%). The vehicle contains potassium metabisulfate 0.1% and the inactive ingredients cupric sulfate, glycerin, hydrochloric acid, propylene glycol, and water for injection.

Decadron Phosphate 0.1% (Merck)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains 1 mg dexamethasone phosphate. Inactive ingredients: Creatinine, sodium citrate, sodium borate, polysorbate 80, disodium edentate, hydrochloric acid to adjust pH, and water for injection.

Derma 4 Ointment (Pfizer)

Composition: Each milliliter contains 100,000 units of nystatin, neomycin sulfate (equivalent to 2.5 mg of neomycin base), 2500 units of thiostrepton, and 1.0 mg of triamcinolone acetonide. Inert ingredients: Plastibase* 50-weight, 20%; mineral oil USP, 80%.

*Plastibase trademark of E.R. Squibb & Sons, Princeton, N.J.

Dermalone Ointment (Vedco)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains nystatin 100,000 units, neomycin sulfate (equivalent to neomycin base) 2.5 mg, thiostrepton 2500 units, triamcinolone acetonide 1.0 mg, polyethylene and mineral oil gel base.

Derma-Vet Ointment

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains nystatin 100,000 units, neomycin sulfate (equivalent to neomycin base) 2.5 mg, thiostrepton 2500 units, triamcinolone acetonide 1.0 mg.

Epi-Otic HC (Virbac)

Active ingredients: Hydrocortisone 1%, lactic acid, and PCMX in a surface-acting vehicle.

Ear Mite Lotion (Durvet)

Active ingredients: Rotenone 0.12%, cube resins 0.16%. Inert ingredients 99.72%.

Ear Miticide (Vedco)

Active ingredients: Rotenone 0.12%, cube resins 0.16%. Inert ingredients 99.72%.

Ear Miticide (Phoenix)

Active ingredients: Rotenone 0.12%, cube resins 0.16%. Inert ingredients 99.72%.

Eradimite (Solvay)

Active ingredients: Pyrethrins 0.15%, piperonyl butoxide technical 1.50%. Inert ingredients 98.35%.

Floxin Otic (Daiichi)

Active ingredients: 0.3% (3 mg/ml) ofloxacin with benzalkonium chloride 0.0025%, sodium chloride 0.9%, and water for injection. Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide are added to adjust the pH to 6.5.

Frontline Top Spot (Merial)

Active ingredients: Fipronil: 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-[trifluoromethyl]phenyl)- 4-([1< R,S]-[trifluoromethyl]sulfinyl)-1-H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrle 9.7%. Inert ingre­dients 90.3%.

Fungi-Dry-Ear (Q. A. Labs)

Active ingredients: Isopropyl alcohol, deionized water, silicon dioxide, zinc unde­cylenate (undecylenic acid), methyl salicylate, PEG 75 lanolin oil, sucrose octyl acetate, polysorbate 60, propylene glycol, acetic acid, FD & C blue #1.

Genta-Otic Solution (Vetus)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains gentamicin sulfate equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base, betamethasone valerate equivalent to 1 mg betamethasone, 1.0 mg hydroxyethylcellulose, 2.5 mg glacial acetic acid, 200 mg purified water, 19% ethanol, 9.4 mg benzyl alcohol as preservative, 300 mg glycerine and propylene glycol q.s.

Gentaved Otic Solution (Vedco)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains gentamicin sulfate equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base, betamethasone valerate equivalent to 1 mg betamethasone, 1.0 mg hydroxyethylcellulose, 2.5 mg glacial acetic acid, 200 mg purified water, 19% ethanol, 9.4 mg benzyl alcohol as preservative, 300 mg glycerine and propylene glycol q.s.

Gentocin Otic Solution (Schering-Plough)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains gentamicin sulfate equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base, betamethasone valerate equivalent to 1 mg betamethasone, 1.0 mg hydroxyethylcellulose, 2.5 mg glacial acetic acid, 200 mg purified water, 19% ethanol, 9.4 mg benzyl alcohol as preservative, 300 mg glycerine and propylene glycol q.s.

Ivomec 1% Injection for Cattle and Swine (Merck)

Active ingredients: 1% ivermectin, 40% glycerol formal, and propylene glycol, q.s. at 100%.

Liquichlor (Evsco)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains chloramphenicol 4.2 mg, prednisolone

1.7 mg, tetracaine 4.2 mg, squalane 0.21 ml.

Lotrisone (Schering-Plough)

Active ingredients: Each gram contains 10.0 mg clotrimazole, 0.64 mg betametha­sone diproprionate (equivalent to 0.5 mg betamethasone) in a hydrophilic emollient cream consisting of purified water, mineral oil, white petrolatum, cetostearyl, alcohol, cetareth-30, propylene glycol, sodium phosphate, monobasic, and phosphoric acid.

Micazole Lotion 1% (Vetus)

Active ingredients: 1.15% miconazole nitrate (equivalent to 1% miconazole base by weight), polyethylene glycol 400, and ethyl alcohol 55%.

Miconosol Lotion 1%

Active ingredients: 1.15% miconazole nitrate (equivalent to 1% miconazole base by weight), polyethylene glycol 400, and ethyl alcohol 55%.

Mita-Clear

Active ingredients: Pyrethrin 0.15%, piperonyl butoxide technical 1.50%, A-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide 0.50%, di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate 1.00%. Inert ingredients 96.85%.

Neo-Predef (Upjohn and Pharmacia)

Active ingredients: Each gram contains isoflupredone acetate 1 mg (0.1%), neomycin sulphate 5 mg (0.5%) (equivalent to 3.5 mg neomycin), anhydrous lano­lin, white petrolatum, mineral oil. Chlorobutanol (chloral derivative) 0.65% added as a preservative.

Nolvamite (Ft. Dodge)

Active ingredients: Pyrethrin 0.10%, piperonyl butoxide technical 1.05%. Inert ingredients 99.85%. Contains Nolvasan as a preservative.

Oticare-M Ear Mite Treatment (ARC)

Active ingredients: Pyrethrin 0.15%, piperonyl butoxide technical 1.50%. Inert ingredients 98.35%.

Otomax (Schering-Plough)

Active ingredients: Each gram contains gentamicin sulfate veterinary equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base; betamethasone valerate USP equivalent to 1 mg betametha­sone; and 10 mg clotrimazole USP in a mineral oil-based system containing a plasticized hydrocarbon gel.

Otomite Plus (Virbac)

Active ingredients: Pyrethrin 0.15%, piperonyl butoxide technical 1.50%, A-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide 0.5%, di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate 1.0%. Inert ingredients 96.85%.

Panalog Ointment (Solvay)

Active ingredients: Nystatin, neomycin sulfate, thiostrepton, and triamcinolone acetonide in a nonirritating protective vehicle, Plastibase (plasticized hydrocarbon gel), a polyethylene and mineral oil gel base.

Quadritop Ointment (Vetus)

Ingredients: Each milliliter contains nystatin 100,000 units neomycin sulfate (equiv­alent to neomycin base 2.5 mg), thiostrepton 2500 units, triamcinolone acetonide 1.0 mg.

Silvadene Creme 1%

Active ingredients: Each gram contains 10 mg micronized silver sulfadiazine. The cream vehicle consists of white petrolatum, stearyl alcohol, isopropyl myristate, sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyl 40 stearate, propylene glycol, and water.

Synotic Otic Solution (Ft. Dodge)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains 0.01% fluocinolone acetonide (6a, 9a- difluoro-11b, 16a, 17, 21-tetrahydroxypregna-1, 4-diene-3, 20-dione, cyclic 16, 17- acetal with acetone) and 60% dimethyl sulfoxide in propylene glycol and citric acid.

Ticar Sterile Powder for Intramuscular or Intravenous Injection (Smithkline Beecham)

Active ingredients: Ticarcillin is a semisynthetic injectable penicillin derivative supplied as a white to pale yellow powder for reconstitution.

Tobradex Suspension (Alcon)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains tobramycin 0.3% (3 mg) and dexa methasone 0.1% (1 mg). Preservative: Benzalkonium chloride 0.01%. Inactive ingredients: Tyloxapol, edentate disodium, sodium chloride, hydroxyethyl cellulose, sodium sulfate, sulfuric acid and/or sodium hydroxide (to adjust pH), and purified water.

Topagen Ointment (Schering-Plough)

Active ingredients: Each gram contains gentamicin sulfate veterinary equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base, betamethasone valerate equivalent to 1 mg betamethasone, and sesame oil in a special gel base composed of polyethylene and mineral oil.

Tresaderm (Merial)

Active ingredients: Each milliliter contains thiabendazole 40 mg, dexamethasone 1 mg, neomycin (from neomycin sulfate) 3.2 mg. Inactive ingredients: Glycerin propylene glycol, purified water, hypophosphorous acid, calcium hypophosphite, about 8.5% ethyl alcohol, and about 0.5% benzyl alcohol.

Tri-Otic

Active ingredients: Each gram of gentamicin-betamethasone-clotrimazole ointment contains gentamicin sulfate USP equivalent to 3 mg gentamicin base, betamethasone valerate USP equivalent to 1 mg betamethasone, 10 mg clotrimazole USP in a mineral oil-based system containing a plasticized hydrocarbon gel.

Tritop (Upjohn and Pharmacia)

Active ingredients: Each gram contains the potent antiinflammatory agent isoflupre- done acetate 1 mg (0.1%), the antibiotic neomycin sulfate 5 mg (0.5%) (equivalent to 3.5 mg neomycin), and the topical anesthetic tetracaine hydrochloride 5 mg (0.5%).

VoSol HC Otic

Active ingredients: Solution of acetic acid 2% in a propylene glycol vehicle containing propylene glycol acetate (3%) and hydrocortisone (1%).

Ear Cleaners, Listed by Trade Name

Ace-Otic (Vetus)

Active ingredients: Acetic acid 2.0%, lactic acid 2.7%, salicylic acid 0.1%. In a pH-buffered at 2.3 surface-active vehicle containing docusate sodium (DSS) and propylene glycol.

Adams Pan-Otic (Pfizer)

Active ingredients: Purified water USP, isopropyl alcohol, aloe vera, diazolidinyl urea, methylparaben, propylparaben, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, octoxynol, sodium lauryl sulfate, parachlorometaxylenol, propylene glycol USP, fragrance, tetrasodium EDTA, FD&C blue #1.

Aloacetic Ear Rinse (DVM)

Ingredients: Water, acetic acid, nonoxynol-12, fragrance, methylparaben, DMDM hydantoin, aloe vera gel, FD&C yellow #5, FD&C blue #1.

Burotic (Allerderm)

Active ingredients: Propylene glycol, water, Burow’s solution, acetic acid, benzalkon­ium chloride.

Cerulytic (Allerderm)

Active ingredients: Benzyl alcohol and butylated hydroxytoluene in a propylene glycoldicaprylate base with fragrance.

Cerumene (Evsco)

Active ingredients: Cerumene (squalane) 25% in an isopropyl myristate liquid petrolatum base.

Clear X Ear Cleansing Solution (DVM)

Active ingredients: Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate 6.5%, urea peroxide 6%.

Corium 20 (VRx)

Active ingredients: Purified water USP, SDA-40B 23%, glycerol tri-esterified with fatty acids, glycerine USP, fragrance, and B.H.A.

Corium TX (VRx)

Active ingredients: Pramoxine HCI (1%). Also contains purified water USP, SDA-40B 23%, glycerol tri-esterified with fatty acids, glycerine USP, Tween 80, fragrance, B.H.A.

DermaPet Ear/Skin Cleanser (DermaPet, Inc.)

Active ingredients: A multicleanse, acetic and boric acid solution with surfactants.

EarMed Cleansing Solution & Wash (Davis)

Active ingredients: 50A 40B alcohol, propylene glycol, cocamidopropyl phos­phatidyl and PE dimonium chloride.

EarOxide Ear Cleaner (Tomlyn)

Active ingredients: Carbamide peroxide 6.5% in a stabilized glycerin base.

Epiotic Ear Cleanser (Allerderm)

Ingredients: Lactic acid and salicylic acid are present in encapsulated (spherulites) and free forms. Chitosanide is present in encapsulated form. PCMX propylene glycol and sodium docusate are present in free form. Also contains water, fragrance, and FD&C blue #1.

Fresh-Ear (Q.A. Labs)

Active ingredients: Deionized water, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerine, fragrance, salicylic acid, PEG 75 lanolin oil, lidocaine hydrochloride, boric acid, acetic acid, FD&C blue #1.

Gent-L-Clens (Shering)

Active ingredients: Lactic acid and salicylic acid in a propylene glycol surface­acting vehicle preserved with PCMX.

Nolvasan Otic (Ft. Dodge)

Active ingredients: Special solvent and surfactant.

Oticalm Cleansing Solution (DVM)

Active ingredients: Benzoic acid, malic acid, salicylic acid, and oil of eucalyptus in a soothing solubilizing vehicle.

Otic Clear (Butler)

Active ingredients: Deionized water, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerine, fragrance, salicylic acid, PEG 75 lanolin oil, lidocaine hydrochloride, boric acid, acetic acid, FD&C blue #1.

Oticlean A Ear Cleaning Solution (ARC)

Active ingredients: 35% isopropyl alcohol, boric acid, salicylic acid, fragrance, PEG 75, lanolin oil, acetic acid, propylene glycol, glycerine, and FD&C blue #1.

Oticlens (Pfizer)

Active ingredients: A clear, colorless liquid with an approximate pH of 2.3 prepared from the following active ingredients: propylene glycol, malic acid, benzoic acid, and salicylic acid.

Otipan Cleansing Solution (Harlmen)

Active ingredients: Propylene glycol, hydroxypropyl cellulose, octoxynol, and a phosphate buffer system (phosphoric acid and potassium hydroxide). The pH is adjusted to 2.5 or less.

Otisol (Wysong)

Active ingredients: Copper chelate of chlorophyll, essential oils of eucalyptus, pepper­mint, cajeput, juniper, wintergreen, clove, jojoba oil, aloe vera extract, benzocaine, carbolic acid, and natural oleoresins, menthol in a coconut soap, sodium metasili­cate, isopropanol base. Stabilized with rosemary extract and vitamin E.

Otisol O (Wysong)

Active ingredients: Copper chelate of chlorophyll, jojoba oil, aloe vera, arnica, and essen­tial oils of eucalyptus, peppermint, cajeput, juniper, wintergreen, clove, and menthol in a base of extra virgin olive oil stabilized with Wysong oxherphol (tocopherol epimers of vitamin E, botanical oleoresins, ascorbate oxidase, and glutathione peroxidase).

Otocetic Solution (Vedco)

Active ingredients: 2% acetic acid with surfactants.

T8 Solution Ear Rinse (DVM)

Ingredients: Purified water, USP, benzyl alcohol, nonoxynol-12, PPG-12/PEG-50, lanolin, tromethamine base, tromethamine HCl, and tetrasodium edetate.

TrizEDTA Aqueous Flush or Crystals (DermaPet)

Ingredients: Each 4-ounce bottle contains 112 ml distilled water, 533 mg tromethamine (tris) USP, 141 mg edetate disodium dihydrate (EDTA) USP, buffered to pH 8 with tromethamine HCl.

Wax-O-Sol (Life Science)

Active ingredients: 25% hexamethyltetracosane in mineral oil.

Zymox (Pet King Brands)

Ingredients: Lactoperoxidase, lysozyme, lactoferrin, hydrocortisone 1%.

Ear-Drying Products

CLEARX Ear Drying Solution (DVM)

Active ingredients: Acetic acid 2.5%, colloidal sulfur 2%, hydrocortisone 1%.

Oticare B Drying Creme (ARC)

Active ingredients: 70% isopropyl alcohol, silicon dioxide, salicylic acid, boric acid, fragrance, polysorbate 60, zinc oxide, talc, PEG 75 lanolin oil, sucrose octyl acetate, acetic acid, propylene glycol, FD&C blue #1.