Ear drops and sprays

Ear drops and sprays are commonly used for the removal of excess ear wax. They are also used for... 

The most comfortable position for instillation of ear drops and sprays is lying down. 

Older children will not find the process too distressing and generally will cooperate. The main difference when administering ear drops or spray to a child is that the ear lobe needs only to be pulled backwards to open the ear canal. 

Pyrethrins Some formulations contain piperonyl butoxide (synergist), A-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (synergist), di-n-propyl isocinchomeronate (repellent), permethrin, carbaryl, or rotenone. The marketed formulatirms are spray, foam, dust, shampoo (0.2%), dip, or ear drops, and the target parasites are mainly fleas, ticks, mites, and lice (some products). 

Nasal sprays and ear drops use xylitol to reduce the adhesion of bacteria. 

Phenol is toxic to bacteria and fungi, and it is used as a slimicide and disinfectant. Because of its anesthetic effects, phenol is used in medicines such as ointments, ear and nose drops, cold sore lotions, throat lozenges and sprays (such as those sold under die Cepastat and Chloraseptic labels), and antiseptic lotions (EPA, 2002). 

There are many pharmaceutical products widely used in medicine and dentistry that contain phenol, sometimes in fairly high concentrations. Bonain s local anesthetic mixture, combining menthol, cocaine and phenol, is well known, and is used, for example, as an intranasal analgesic treatment for certain facial pains. Other products containing phenol include hemorrhoid creams, chilblain solutions, ear drops or wax remover drops, psoriasis treatments, and mouth sprays with phenol in concentrations ranging from 3 mg/ml to 50 mg/g. Applying these products locally introduces only a small quantity of phenol into the organism at well-spaced intervals, and does not appear to cause intoxication. 

Medication that you place in your eyes, ears, or in your nose is administered using the instillation route in the form of drops, ointment, and sprays. Patients with lung problems sometimes receive medication using the inhalation route. Medication is delivered using an inhaler that changes liquid medication into a spray. 

Preparations for throat, nose and ear mouth washes, gargles, ear drops, nose drops, nasal sprays... 

Instillations are hquid medications that are administered to the eyes and ears as drops, ointment, or sprays. You ll need to take special precautions when administering an instillation to prevent spreading the disease. 

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