(KLOR oh ZYE nol, HYE droe KOR ti sone, pra MOX een) Brand: Aero Otic HC, Cortamox, Cortane-B, Cortane-B Aqueous, Cortane-B Otic, Cortic-ND, Cyotic, Exotic-HC, Hydro Ear, IvDerm, Otirx, Oto-End, Otomar HC, Tri-Otic, Zolene HC, Zoto-HC Drops
• Do not use this medicine if you have a ruptured (torn) ear drum, or the medicine could leak into the inner ear. A ruptured ear drum generally causes temperate to severe ear pain, with or without a decrease in hearing. Call your doctor if you think you have a ruptured ear drum. Your doctor will use a particular scope to see any tear in your ear drum.
• Till using chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have any type of diseases or infection (other than an ear infection).
• Chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic is for use only in your ear. Avoid getting this medicine in your mouth or eyes. If it does get into any of these areas, rinse with water.
• Ear infections may sometimes reason dizziness or a loss of balance. Be careful if you drive, operate machinery, or do anything else hazardous if you feel dizzy or off balance.
• Stop using this medicine and call your doctor at once if you have ear drainage or discharge, severe burning or itching in your ear, or worsening pain, irritation, or rash.
• Smaller serious side effects are more likely, and you may have none at all.
• Chloroxylenol is an antibiotic that fights bacteria.
• Pramoxine is a topical anesthetic. It works by interfering with pain signals sent from the nerves to the brain.
• Hydrocortisone is a steroid. It reduces the actions of chemicals in the body that reason inflammation, redness, and swelling.
• The combination of chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic (for the ear) are used to treat pain, and swelling caused by ear infections.
• Chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• You must not use this medicine if you are allergic to chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, or pramoxine.
• Do not use this medicine if you have a ruptured (torn) ear drum, or the medicine could leak into the inner ear. A ruptured ear drum generally causes temperate to severe ear pain, with or without a decrease in hearing. Call your doctor if you think you have a ruptured ear drum. Your doctor will use a particular scope to see any tear in your ear drum.
• Till using chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine, speak your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have any type of diseases or infection (other than an ear infection).
• FDA pregnancy category C. This medicine may be deleterious to an unborn child. Speak your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
• It is not known whether chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
• Use this medicine exactly as it was predesigned for you. Do not use the medicine in larger amounts, or use it for longer than recommended by your doctor.
• Do not use the medicine in your eyes or take it by mouth. Chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic is for use in the ears only.
• For excellent results, remove any ear wax or another debris till using the ear drops. Ask your doctor about safety methods of ear wax removal.
• To use the ear drops, first remove the cap from the dropper bottle. Lie down or tilt your head with your ear facing upward. Pull back on your ear gently to open up the ear canal. Keep the dropper upside down over your ear canal and seat satis drops of the medication in your ear to fill the ear canal.
• Do not seat the dropper tip into your ear, or let the tip to touch any surface. It may become contaminated.
• After using the ear drops, hold the ear tilted upward for about 5 minutes. You may also be able to soak a little cotton wick with the medicine and leave it in seat. Ask your doctor of pharmacist for instructions on using a cotton wick.
• Wipe the dropper tip with a clean tissue. Do not wash the tip with water or soap.
• Use this medicine for the full predesigned length of time. Your symptoms may improve till the infection is completely cleared. Conversation with your doctor if your symptoms do not improve after using this medication.
• Store the ear drops at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Hold the bottle properly capped.
• Use the missed doze as soon as you remember. If it is nearly time for your following doze, wait before then to use the medication and skip the missed doze. Do not use extra medication to create up the missed dose.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medicine.
• An overdose of chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine applied into the ear is not likely to reason life-threatening symptoms.
• Do not use another ear drops during treatment with chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic without first talking to your doctor.
• Ear infections may sometimes reason dizziness or a loss of balance. Be careful if you drive, operate machinery, or do anything else hazardous if you feel dizzy or off balance.
• Chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic is for use only in your ear. Avoid getting this medicine in your mouth or eyes. If it does get into any of these areas, rinse with water.
• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Stop using this medicine and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
· ear drainage or discharge;
· severe burning or itching in your ear; or
· worsening pain, irritation, or rash.
• Smaller serious side effects are more likely, and you may have none at all.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Speak your doctor about any unusual or bothersome side effect. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• It is not likely that another drugs you take orally or inject will have an effect on chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and hydrocortisone otic. But much drugs can interact with every another. Speak your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal commodity, and drugs predesigned by another doctors. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your pharmacist can provide more information about chloroxylenol, hydrocortisone, and pramoxine otic.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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